[Hidden-tech] Anyone making standalone desktop applications to work with web based applications ?

[Dan Fried]

Tom,

Python is good for development machines, but for a distributable 
application you want something more self-contained.  If you're not 
dealing exclusively with developers, getting people to install something 
like Python is a bigger pain than it's worth.  The other solutions 
mentioned are all designed to be user-friendly rather than 
developer-friendly.

-Dan

Tom Novelli wrote:

> On 10/11/07, *Rich* <rich at on-the-net.com <mailto:rich at on-the-net.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>
>     The basic idea is we have a project task/time tracking system,
>     all web based and connected to various resources and data
>     sources.
>
>     It would be a real improvement to have a timer
>     component as a standalone desktop application, esp
>     so a browser window doesn't have to open to start, pause
>     and/or stop the timer.  Running on Windows and Mac is required,
>     being able to run on a linux desktop would be a real plus.
>
>
> For quick deployment, I'd just use Python, the programmer's swiss army 
> knife (or is that Perl? :-)  Windows installation is painless, and 
> includes Tk (an older but adequate GUI toolkit).  Most Macs and Linux 
> boxes already have Python and Tk installed.
>
> Tom
>