Comments on: Extreme GUI Makeover 2008: Ajax vs. Swing

By: replicahandbags

replicahandbags — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:35:44 +0000

well said,man

By: codecraig

codecraig — Mon, 21 May 2007 13:32:06 +0000

sounds like a good idea to me, let the competition begin!

By: Alexander Snaps

Alexander Snaps — Sat, 19 May 2007 12:19:53 +0000

While the idea sounds fun, aren’t web and desktop applications fundamentally different (by nature) and hence need to be addressed differently?
So I guess the outcome will be pretty much depending on the nature of the assignment, don’t you think?
Alex

By: Alexander Snaps

Alexander Snaps — Sat, 19 May 2007 12:19:14 +0000

While the idea sounds fun, aren’t web applications and desktop application fundamentally different (by nature) and hence need to be addressed differently?
So I guess the outcome will be pretty much depending on the nature of the assignment, don’t you think?
Alex

By: Chuk Lee

Chuk Lee — Sat, 19 May 2007 02:40:25 +0000

Instead of just 3 groups having all the fun, why not, as a side show, open it up to the floor as well.

By: Swapnonil Mukherjee

Swapnonil Mukherjee — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:01:30 +0000

Dion,

Why not try and make a Dashboard style application for the competition?

This would essentially consist of charts and tables.
Rich and fluid interactions via drill down, panning and zooming on charts, drag and drop and such clever stuff could make this really interesting.

Furthermore, why not throw in Flex into the mix.

Make 3 teams, an AJAX one, a JavaFX one and a Flex team and ask them to make a Dashboard, depicting let’s say the last US Congress election results. That kind of data is readily available, I think.