It amazes me that such practices continue. Virtually every company I can
think of that's persisted in practices aimed at locking in clients--or just
been dumb enough to think that developing a backward or substandard
software product is "enough", has been disrupted by some upstart or another
that's looked at the market and thought, "That market can be ours, with
very little effort, as long as we use modern practices and stick to
standards."
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I've said it many times: in today's environment (and even that of 5 years
> > ago) management allowing development of any software product within a
> > company that requires a specific browser/java/proprietary hook is grounds
> > for a change in management--and possibly development staff as well.
> > Especially if it's destined for client use (rather than strictly
> internal).
> >
> > Doing so, contrary to what one might think, arbitrarily limits one's
> > market, adds to support issues over the long term, and increases the time
> > and cost of improvements or patches. It's often done in the name of
> locking
> > in the customer, or because personnel involved have no real knowledge of
> > platforms other than the most common--Windows.
> >
> > Using the existing globally accepted standards are a much better bet.
> They
> > allow a company to be able to remain more agile and competitive, and keep
> > costs lower over time.
> >
> >
> Believe me, you're preaching to the choir. I believe our PACS vendor is
> headed in that direction - they have a product designed for low-bandwidth
> remote locations, including iPhones and iPads, that is platform- and
> browser-independent, and has no download. However, it's not diagnostic
> quality, just review quality, but if they can bring that thinking into the
> desktop product, all of us will be much, much happier.
>
> One of our previous clinical products was hideously stupid. Not only did it
> require IE, but it also required a specific screen resolution. If you used
> anything else, the HTML wouldn't render correctly and the buttons wouldn't
> line up with the hotspots or would render half-off the screen. What a mess.
>
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