Re: I am new to the list

You must account for the runtime to support your client, right?

What has happenned to the Java runtime from 1.0 to 1.5 w/respect to size?

Check this out and you will see why you need to install some sort of 
Java runtime on the client. For sure, you do not need a browser tho to 
get a dynamic app up and running. In fact, thin java clients have been 
around since 1.1 and serialization.

-Lane

Sherman Chen wrote:

>Forgive my ignorance, but why do I need a full-blown browser to do what I want to do?
>
>Basically, what I want to do is to create a thin client (in a client-server environment) in which the screens are sent dynamically from the server to the client so users don't have to wait forever for the initial download (like with Java Applet) - also, this way, only the Objects the user needs will be downloaded to the user when it is needed.  And, it'll make maintaining the GUI easy because I don't have to release a new client app everytime there's a change to the GUI.
>
>So, I thought something like Luxor will be perfect (because I don't want to be tied to Mozilla/netscape).
>
>Thanks,
>Sherman
>On Monday, February 02, 2004, at 11:21PM, Gerald Bauer <[email protected]> wrote:
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>  
>
>>Hello Sherman Chen,
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I am new to the list and I have a question about
>>>Luxor -
>>>
>>>I want to be able to send the XUL from a server to a
>>>client (maybe via JMS) and have the client build the
>>>interface on the fly.  Is that doable using Luxor? 
>>>If so, are there any samples out there I can take a
>>>look at?
>>>      
>>>
>> Well, Luxor is not yet a full-blown browser a la
>>Mozilla but for now Luxor is a XUL toolkit. Two
>>browser projects are in the works using the XUL
>>toolkit, that is, Luxilla and Eldorado but they are
>>far from being finished.
>>
>> Also note that XUL itself is only a building block
>>and that you also need a scripting language (e.g.
>>Python, Beanshell, Groovy, etc.) and more to have
>>truly interactive application (UI).
>>
>> You might wonna check out alternative XUL
>>toolkits/browsers/runtimes/players such as XWT,
>>Thinlet, Mozilla etc. before starting to build your
>>own Luxor XUL Toolkit mini-browser. See
>>http://xul.sourceforge.net for links to alternative
>>XUL projects.
>>
>> If you want to roll your own mini browser using the
>>Luxor XUL Toolkit you might wonna check out the
>>Luxilla project or Sahara (aka luxor-sandbox).
>>
>> - Gerald
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