Re: Modify the IE Browser -- WEB400

Subject: [WEB400] Re: Modify the IE Browser
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 08:34:57 -0500
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Joe Pluta wrote:

Fat clients have a host of deployment and synchronization issues.  5250
devices don't work over the Internet.

Well, true 5250 devices don't ... but who uses a real 5250 anymore?

What about a Java applet? Easy deployment model, rich control set, security (assuming I understand the sandbox concept correctly). Seems like a very reasonable compromise between a pure browser interface and a fat client.

david

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Follow-Ups:

Re: Modify the IE Browser , Hans Boldt
RE: Re: Modify the IE Browser , Joe Pluta

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