Hi Folks, I am going to start working on an application whic involves extensive use of GUI. For past 2 years i have been working on Thin Clients (Browser) for user intraction with my system. Since my new application will have extensive use of GUI and have multiple clients, I would like to know if i should still user browser of switch to Swings. I was also considering JSF, though i have no working experience in JSF. I have spent some time working on Struts Framework.
Since i have not used Swings and JSF i am not able to appreciate the advantage of moving to Swing/ JSF . Can someone provide guidance , pros and cons of either using Thin CLient (Browser) or Rich Client (Swing/JSF).
On the web side, you may want to take a look at Shale, which tries to combine the best of JSF + struts.
Also, if you want a slick GUI, but want to stick to a "thinnish" client, consider Macromedia Flex. As they say, you can never be too rich or too thin. [ March 06, 2006: Message edited by: Jeff Albertson ]
