Pete,
It could be cross platform, much like java apps are today. You simply
download the runtime. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that if we
had a KIOSK style EXE, it would be so much more powerful and faster than
todays internet. Assemblies would be downloaded to the client (Windows,
Linux, CellPhone, PocketPC, Car). Instead of having a GET POST HTTP, you
would have a direct connection to the central server. Most of the
processing and rendering could be distributed to the client.
You could harness in essence everything you would from distributing an EXE.
Code would be secure, data and content would also be secure. Layout, Table
Align would not be an issue. It is far less difficult to hack into an EXE,
than it is to simply jumble around with the query string.
Web sites wouldn't even have to graphical, or text based, they would become
services. Going to checkmycar.com from your car console would again
download assemblies, and run a diagnotic for a fee. I'm sure this is quite
far down the line, but it seems, having an EXE run on cross platform
devices would be the next logical step in harnessing the power of the net.
"Pete" <pv*****@gawab.com> wrote in
news:wm***************@newsfep3-gui.server.ntli.net:
Hi,
Amit Chandel wrote: Is it safe to say that winforms coupled with soap/xml will be the
future trend of the internet browsing experience down the line?
This seems very unlikely. Why lose custom from those using non-windows
operating systems, or those that like their browsers (some people
still use text browsers)?
In essence, corp web sites shift from HTML based browsers --> Winform
EXE style browsing experience? If this is the case, how far down the
line could this become a reality? Will the .NET Framework ship with
longhorn (Future Ver. Windows) ?
It's highly unlikely.. and if it does happen I just won't be using
those companies web sites/programs/whatever.
-- Pete