I'd be interested as well

Post #119,986 by ChrisR 10/3/03 12:40:17 PM 10/3/03 12:59:50 PM Reply	I'd be interested as well But I've never gotten the time to do much investigation - my trial period keeps running out before I do much with it. :-) Edit: Never mind. I see how they're doing it in Lazlo. It's client driven using datasets that poll a server page as an xml datasource. I assume events can be used to update the data. Looks interesting. Edited by ChrisR Oct. 3, 2003, 12:59:50 PM EDT I'd be interested as well But I've never gotten the time to do much investigation - my trial period keeps running out before I do much with it. :-) Graphic wise, Flash demos look visually impressive in their gui abilities. But this stuff isn't supposed to be client/server - thin client is the order of the day. So the question I've always had was how responsive is the coordination with the statelessness of http (especially as it moves from form to form needing to grab information from the database), and how much a hack job it is to divide the program between the client and server. (The weather demo at the site above is typical showmanship in that all the data is already in the client flash program and no data is requested from the server when editing the data). Do you just download one program on the client that then chatters back to the server when it needs to select/update/add/delete records? Or is it like dhtml where you send a flash template per page request back to the client - leaving the dirty work up to the server? Which is master and which is slave? How does dynamic server data pass between client & server? Collapse All History
Post #120,054 by tuberculosis 10/3/03 9:44:22 PM Reply	I've ordered some books They should arrive next week. I'm thinking of getting into kiosk development as a business. In Java, you can't escape the creepy feeling. --James Gosling
Post #120,384 by neelk 10/7/03 9:50:41 PM Reply	Re: I've ordered some books Just a ping, to let you know that I'm interested in what you find out about this subject.
Post #120,385 by boxley 10/7/03 9:53:42 PM Reply	kiosk development? Give viewtouch a call POS, Kiosk. not a lot of difference. thanx, bill "You're just like me streak. You never left the free-fire zone.You think aspirins and meetings and cold showers are going to clean out your head. What you want is God's permission to paint the trees with the bad guys. That wont happen big mon." Clete questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #120,421 by Steve Lowe 10/8/03 12:53:13 AM Reply	I've done some work.. With a local (Louisville, CO) kiosk builder, even interviewed for a job there once. Basically, all they do is package Dell Windows PCs in a fancy box and add some hardware, like a mag card reader. Software is supplied by the customer. They're making a killing, largest Kiosk supplier in the world (self-claimed, haven't verified that). I've had the thought that kiosk-centric hardware (even if the customer demanded a Windows solution) would make a better, more cost effective solution than a Generic PC, especially if there's no hard disk. Box is right, this line of thinking would be great in the POS world as well. These type of industries are stuck in the mode of using a complete computer where a device is probably better suited to the task. ----- Steve
Post #120,527 by tuberculosis 10/8/03 7:05:03 PM Reply	Who is it? In Java, you can't escape the creepy feeling. --James Gosling
Post #120,563 by Steve Lowe 10/8/03 10:58:30 PM Reply	Re: Who is it? [link\|http://www.kis-kiosk.com\|http://www.kis-kiosk.com] KIS - Kiosk Information Systems site is completely flash ----- Steve

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