Re: [WEB400] Re: Modify the IE Browser

["Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Hans Boldt" <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> This brings up another good point. Why are you trying
> so hard to fit  your application into a browser interface,
> but then also work hard at getting around all the features
> of the browser?

Browser menus and toolbars cause problems for users and programmers, and by
removing them, one retains 90% of browser features.

Your question evoked a lengthly list of reasons in my mind for using
browsers, but the one that I'd throw out for consideration is that they
integrate so many best of breed technologies.  In addition to HTML and
JavaScript, you can download documents containing references to Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and PDF, XML and XSL, applets and ActiveX components, which
might even implement 5250 interfaces.

When integrating multple interfaces, one might consider task swapping
between them.  The following link illustrates the idea:

http://www.relational-data.com/rdweb/taskswap.html

This sample is far from robust or complete, but it may begin to illustrate
the integration concept.  Hyperlinks along the top of the window toggle the
visibility of various panels underneath.  One of the panels contains a 5250
ActiveX component from Mochasoft, but just as well could have contained a
Java applet or some other rich component.

This example does use JavaScript.

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com