Re: 'green screen' not sellable

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,

Open Access is just a tool to help integrate stuff into your RPG code. 
Existing programs don't have to be rewritten, you can just pop a HANDLER 
onto the F-spec, so your EXFMT, READ, WRITE et al will call the handler, 
and the handler can communicate with a web framework.  (Or anything else 
you've written a handler to communicate with -- web framework is what 
most everyone uses, though.)

I certainly have NOT found browsers to be vulnerable at all. But, you 
could potentially write an OA handler that did something different than 
web if you wanted to try to start a new trend...

The only other alternative that I'm aware of vs. a browser would be 
something like a thick-client GUI.  These aren't the best because they 
have to be installed/maintained/updated on every PC. And, the default 
for a thick-client like this is that it has authority to everything the 
local user has authority to on the PC.  Browsers, on the other hand, 
default to not having authority to anything on the PC aside from a few 
areas of the browser itself (Javascript variables, local storage, 
cookies, and the display...   very stricted by comparison to 
thick-client having access to the hard drive.)

-SK


On 6/8/2015 12:14 PM, Monnier, Gary wrote:
> So Scott,
>
> How does OAR play into this mix?  I'm not playing devil's advocate
> here but seriously think browsers are becoming way too vulnerable and
> could use some competition.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary