[Sigia-l] RE: search interface for cross tabs

[Sean Lawrence]

Indeed!  Flash MX, apart from the HTML usabilty concerns, presents a
tremendous web-based application interface development kit.  Not everything
needs to be bookmarkable as many folks who have dealt with DHTML server
interfaces can attest to.  When I want to get something done for certain
tasks, I want an interface not a content system.

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Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] RE: search interface for cross tabs


"Matthew C. Clarke" wrote:

> There are non-web user interfaces for this task, as you probably know,
such
> as nested pivot tables where new dimensions can be dragged to either axis
of
> the table, and where filters can be applied to any dimension. But I
haven't
> seen a good implementation on the web. It is hard to see how it *could* be
> done effectively in HTML, even with a liberal sprinkling of JavaScript --
> the task demands far more complex user-manipulation than is possible with
> hyperlinks and selectable lists. The web browser controls are still very
> primitive in comparison to what one can do in a traditional software
> application, and tasks such as yours are probably best implemented for the
> web in a Java applet.

Flash MX.

Best,

Ziya


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