Question: tools for business apps development

[RIA Builder]

hm..., there is the answer for you folks...
try IAB Studio from worcsnet.com the demo application is available at
www.iabstudio.com
with IBA Studio you do not have to worry about coding, just think
about the business that you want to implement.
just go to www.iabstudio.com and try it by yourself.
regards..

Larry Bugbee <bugbee at seanet.com> wrote in message news:<10k2rng56uh2f64 at corp.supernews.com>...
> >> -- It's too glitzy :-) Yes, it may be a problem for people used to
> >> design apps the old way. It's funny to note that Windows apps are not
> >> much different from old text apps, as far as the structure of the
> >> dialogs and windows is concerned. Everything is a rectangle. Flash
> >> frees you of this kind of limitation. This kind of freedom can be
> >> frightening for old timers (such as me).
> > 
> > 
> > :) By any measure, I'm an old-timer as well. 
> 
> FWIW, I have removed Flash as have some other folks I know.  The reason 
> is because we do not multi-task and cannot read the page with all the 
> flashing and movement.  ...removed because there is no option to disable 
> (yes, there are now a couple of Firefox extensions).
> 
> Just because there may be a large percentage of browsers with Flash, 
> there is still a large number (raw count) that don't and won't.
> 
> If a rich client is what you are after, consider XUL in conjunction with 
> css, javascript and your favorite language.  A web site can serve XUL, 
> the XUL can be distributed as a browser extension, or the XUL can be 
> packaged as a double clickable app.  It is a whole heck richer than HTML 
> without the unintended side-effect annoyances caused by Flash.
>    http://xulplanet.com/tutorials/whyxul.html
>    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xul/
> 
> Oh, I too have silver hair.  :-)
> 
> Larry