Web front end -- crazy?

From: Colin Mattoon (cjm2@lewiston.com)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 01:41:25 EST

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    We hear a lot about web enabled applications. Has anyone investigated
    the concept of Abiword running as a web application on a LAN web
    server, accessed through an https login from a broswer?

    It seems to me that this might be handy in heterogenous LANS,
    particularly when thin client computing is desired, but also when a
    mix of Linux, Unix, Windows and Macs are used. Updating fonts on all
    the clients wouldn't be an issue, and font servers wouldn't have to
    run. A mix of X3 and X4 wouldn't matter. You could log in from any
    client running any OS provided it has a graphical browser and supports
    https.

    Printing could be set up to let the user direct output to print
    servers located anywhere. If you want to keep a copy of a document on
    your local machine as a backup, or to share via e-mail, the "Abiword
    server" could include a secure FTP server for both downloads and
    uploads.

    This probably isn't an issue for many users, but in networks where
    appliances, terminals, and many operating systems must co-exist, it
    could be useful. One server to maintain/upgrade, no concern about
    client compatibility.

    Any thoughts? Most likely it can't be done, but I'm curious.

    Later,

    Colin Mattoon
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