Re: Developer/2000 versus Delphi

Mark McNulty wrote:
>
> Developer 2000 has been around for years, and you should be able to
> do alot with it. I'm pretty sure a VAX version is available.
> Also look at JAM/Prolifics, Uniface, and Unify. These also support
> character-mode and GUI environments, as well as the Web. I think
> these also suport VMS and DG-UX, as well as Windows 3.1, Windows
> NT, and Windows 95.

I'll look around for those products.

>
> Delphi with give you alot of flexibility in regards to the GUI, since
> it only lives on Windows 3.1 (Delphi 1) or Windows NT/95 (Delphi 2).
> So don't expect the other tools to match that, since they are in a
> different market (cross-platform support). Borland has done a
> great job with Delphi, and I would definately consider it in any
> Windows-only environment. But add character-mode terminal support
> or Web support, and I would look at some other tools.
>

I think the next version of Delphi will have Web support. You are right, we have found it to be very flexible. The character-mode terminal is the only reason we are looking at other possibilities.

> A bit of advice. Make your screens small. That is honestly the best
> help I can give on cross-platform support. That way you don't have
> to worry about font sizes, HTML resizing, smaller displays, etc. The
> tools I mentioned all support scrolling and such, even on vt100
> terminals, but you don't want your users to have to do this.
>

Probably good advice for anything. The biggest complaint we have seen is our screens have gotten too crowded because of all the enhancements users want. It's a two edged sword - they don't like things crowded but also don't like additional key strokes to move from one screen to another!

Shael Received on Fri Feb 21 1997 - 00:00:00 CET