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[Matt Liotta]

I really don't think the client is expecting a win32 applications
considering that the Windows platform is only one of many platforms in use
within their intranet. We must not forget that besides different vendors and
versions of browsers, there are also different vendors and versions of
operating systems.

-Matt

On 3/24/02 3:44 PM, "aardvark" <roselli at earthlink.net> wrote:

>> From: Matt Liotta <mliotta at iname.com>
>>
>> Again I have to disagree. I have a large enterprise client that has a
>> detailed database of almost every computer and what browsers are
>> installed on them in their intranet. Based on the platforms and
>> browsers that must be supported, it is simply impossible to build a
>> web application that supports all of them without having special
>> cases. Further, it would cost too much time and effort to even build a
>> web application for all the special cases. We had to draw a line in
>> the sand somewhere.
>
> probably because the enterprise client is expecting win32 application
> capability within a web application... i've run into this many times...
>
> sometimes the answer is a win32 app... sometimes it's standardizing
> browsers... sometimes it's building vanilla code and actually letting it work
> without trying to force it...
>
> managine the client's expectations alone can make a lot of those issues go
> away...