[Ken] > Web interfaces are missing a lot more than this. Here are just a few > things that cannot be done with web-based interfaces (correct me > where I'm wrong): > > 1) A real word processor.
http://www.writely.com/ http://www.goffice.com/ > 2) Keybindings in a web application http://rememberthemilk.com/ Google Keys (but what happened to it? It's disappeared!) > 3) Drag and drop http://www.walterzorn.com/dragdrop/dragdrop_e.htm http://qooxdoo.oss.schlund.de/demo/release/public/test/user/Index.html (pick "Drag and Drop N" from the dropdown on the right hand side of the top bar) > 4) Resizable windows (i.e. not the browser window) within the > application. http://qooxdoo.oss.schlund.de/demo/release/public/test/user/Index.html (pick "Window N" from the dropdown on the right hand side of the top bar) http://www.bindows.net/ (click "Click for a quick DEMO") > 5) Anything other than absolutely trivial graphical programs. Not sure what you mean by this... Google maps? > web interfaces are still basically forms that can contain > buttons, checkboxes, text fields, and a few other basic controls. I > wish it were otherwise. It *is* otherwise. You should follow the Ajaxian weblog here: http://www.ajaxian.com/ -- Richie Hindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
