Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-16 Thread Josh Mellicker
I have a project where I was choosing between a downloadable app or a web-based app, and I chose web-based, because of these demos of this Javascript library: http://extjs.com/deploy/ext/docs/index.html (start opening folders under the Examples and Demos folder) A framework like extJS

Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-13 Thread viktoras didziulis
May a subset of Revolution engine implemented in JAVA solve the problem? Besides, no need to use plugins - Java (JVM) is omnipresent today and crossplatform... Viktoras Derek Bump wrote: Sannyasin Sivakatirswami wrote: Andre told me about http://www.extjs.com ... I might end up spending

Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-13 Thread Andre Garzia
people don't like java applets on their pages anymore... :-( On 10/13/07, viktoras didziulis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: May a subset of Revolution engine implemented in JAVA solve the problem? Besides, no need to use plugins - Java (JVM) is omnipresent today and crossplatform... Viktoras

Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-13 Thread Mikey
All, Can you count the number of commercially available Ajax visual RAD/IDE tools? There is a reason why you can count them on one hand. It's because it's a difficult problem that has taken three years after Gmail to crack this nut, and most of those solutions, well, suck. In the case of

Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-13 Thread Derek Bump
It may, but I feel it would still require a conversion. And after thinking about this issue overnight I am seeing more on the side of Richard and others regarding the cost and timeline for implementing such a feature. So on the topic of a better helper application, let's say that Rev was to take

Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-13 Thread viktoras didziulis
another way to go could be expanding Revolution's functionality. First by describing something like Document Object Model for Revolution stacks. Defining structure (objects, nesting, properties), formatting (stylesheets), function (scripts). Then implementing it in any sort of xml/css/scripts

Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-12 Thread Sadhunathan Nadesan
I think the thread subject on this is actually about Flash, but here is the snippet I'm responding to, from Mikey, Ajax, AIR, Flash. All are ways to make rich internet apps, and all are being accepted as reasonable ways and standards. So, if RR was going to develop a way to

Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-12 Thread Sadhunathan Nadesan
I would like to add that while Richard has sort of pre-answered my question, with a very thoughtful post, I still wish I could run a rev app in a browser. So basically, my comment is, I wish it _were_ on the horizon. ___ use-revolution

Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-12 Thread Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
Sadhunathan Nadesan wrote: I would like to add that while Richard has sort of pre-answered my question, with a very thoughtful post, I still wish I could run a rev app in a browser. Indeed. Andre told me about http://www.extjs.com ... I might end up spending a lot more time using that app!

Re: Moving Rev apps to the web (why isn't this on the horizon?)

2007-10-12 Thread Derek Bump
Sannyasin Sivakatirswami wrote: Andre told me about http://www.extjs.com ... I might end up spending a lot more time using that app! Now this is what I'm talking about! Something like Ext JS should be available for Revolution. The ability to create a stack, and then embed it within a web page.