Webfaces

Getting a good web interface no matter the underlying technology, is always a challenge to say the least. With Domino, (6.x) we now have the tools to create a modern and great looking interface for our web applications, but even so a fair amount of ‘tweaking’ is required to get the optimum result. A while back I came across Bindows, a GUI toolkit for creating web applications that anyone would swear looks & feels like native Windows. It’s very impressive, and relatively easy to use (be sure to check out the samples). Sadly, it’s not free (or open source) but it does demonstrate how much browsers can do these days (although some functions are IE specific). The best example I’d seen so far was with the Oddpost email interface, which again supports only IE. I hope Bindows doesn’t get sued and have the same fate as Lindows.

On the topic of GUI’s, I had a look at the new Workplace rich client (based on eclipse) and it sure looks like a winner! No doubt Notes 8 will be just that.

chris on May 11th 2004 in Uncategorized

3 Responses to “Webfaces”

  1. Peter responded on 13 May 2004 at 8:53 am #

    With all this Bindows, Lindows, Windows, where are the rest of the alphabet ?indows.
    After all there are 26 letters in the english alphabert, plenty of room for everyone to get on board.

  2. Joe Litton responded on 13 May 2004 at 12:36 pm #

    Hey, OK, this is sort of a comment to an earlier post, but MAN, this new site looks great! Good job!

    And for the record, Lindows is now Linspire, and I am a HUGE fan. I think this Debian implementation is something that actually could work to get Joe Average using linux.

  3. chris responded on 13 May 2004 at 1:37 pm #

    If there’s any Linux distro out there that could work for Windows users, Linspire is the ticket. I used Xandros a short while ago and that wasn’t too bad either.