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Web Interfaces - What's Really Missing. Pt. 1

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The Underlying Interface Issues

It's clear that Web interfaces are experiencing explosive changes as developers come to grips with the 6A's - delivering systems in which Anyone with Authorized Access can do so Anytime, Anyplace, and on Any device. It's the on Any device provision that creates nightmares for desktop and web developers alike. Already, developers are worrying about distributed systems where the application is like an electron particle, being smeared all over the network. Thus, client interaction on the desktop, data on a database server, control on a main server, and processing on several application servers may/may not be on the same machine. Even the programming languages can be different.

Developing, debugging, and maintaining such systems are not trivial projects. When things go wrong, where do you start? And add to this mix, the "Any device" requirement (the I/O operations for a browser, PDA, mobile phone, or a kiosk are very different from the PC desktop). And to up the ante, the web interface now uses rich media, P2P/collaboration, voice and natural language interaction, and other new interface elements. But many of these elements are spread over plug-ins, APIs, and their unique scripting languages. This coding complexity is the underlying interface issue, confronting developers everywhere. In our next article we look at new developments, designed to address these issues.

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Created: June 2, 2003
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