Re: [NF] PyQT for desktop applications

-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Sun, 4 Jun 2017, at 08:05 AM, John Weller wrote: > As always it's horses for courses! The major benefit of bespoke systems > is that they can be tailored to suit the task and there are undoubtedly > some where the web application is best and others where a desktop > application wins. > > John > > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 079763 93631 > Sent from my iPad > > > On 4 Jun 2017, at 04:29, Ed Leafe ed@leafe.com wrote: > > > >> On Jun 3, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Thierry Nivelet tnivelet@foxincloud.com wrote: > >> > >> One of our clients, US based, has such an application. Initially the Web version was designed for the external partners -- suppliers and clients -- to interact with the company. Guess what, nowadays **all employees** of the company use the Web version, though it's undoubtedly slower. They all have a shortcut to the desktop application and no way, they use the web version. > > > > Years ago I had a VFP client who ran an inventory system I had helped to write. I had an opportunity to visit the site once, and in the warehouse they had a PC at several locations for the workers to enter their information. Since it was a dusty place, the PC and keyboard were covered with these yellowing plastic covers. The workers would fill their order, then find the nearest PC and enter what they did. > > > > Thinking about that now, imagine if they could have had a mobile device, such as a tablet or smartphone, and could have entered their information as they filled their order, instead of having to go to one of the PCs nearby. If I were to create an inventory system like that today, there is no way that I would for a second consider creating a desktop app. Mobile capabilities are critical in most things, whether an inventory system for a warehouse, or a POS system for a small business. I went to the local farmer's market this morning, and many of the vendors had tablet-based systems that took credit cards. You just can't do things like that with a PC-only app. > > > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > multipart/signed > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > application/pgp-signature > > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server]