RE: [syndication] New RSS reader

["Jury Gerasimov" <jury@softshape.net>]

> Nice app. The concept of running your desktop application as 
> a local Web server and providing UI using Web browser is not 
> new, but the execution sure is ingenious. I like the 

Thanks Dimitri:).

> However, all the clever tricks aside, I can't help by think 
> that developing an app that simulates a Web server and then 
> delivers UI in DHTML on the desktop is a little like trying 
> to get from San Diego to Seattle by way of New York. What is 
> your story? Why not develop using native Windows GUI?

May be your question is based on RSS Reading page alone ? The whole program is a
Start Page. An entry point to the Internet. I bet you browse the Internet in a
browser, right ? :) So no wonder why it renders all the information to HTML -
because it's supposed to be displayed in the browser. Then, when you extend it
here and there, you don't see a reason to implent this and that outside from HTML,
and you see the result. I planned to make a designer for that page (currently
under development) a GUI application and even created a working interface
prototype. It was nice app in Outlook 2003 style. But suddenly it turned out that
every feature except bells and whistles would better implemented in DHTML. I may
show you how this designer looks now (this time it will work with Mozilla Firefox)
- www.surfpack.com/preview/designer/. A prototype only, while drag-n-drop is
working.

In the same time, we plan to use GUI also where it's really better - for the tray
menu, desktop alerts etc. And wait patiently some happy day when the whole world
becomes XML based.

Regards,
Jury Gerasimov

Softshape Development
mailto:jury@softshape.com
http://www.softshape.com