Monday, October 02, 2006 3:24 AM
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Defining Smart Clients
There has been much buzz around "Smart Clients" lately. Large companies are building Smart Client Line of Business Applications. But how are "Smart Clients" different from traditional Thick/Rich Client Applications?
Reference: MS Smart Client Definition
Smart client isn't a technology, and it isn't any specific architecture. It is a style of application that combines the best of both Windows applications and web applications. What are best aspects of each of these worlds?
Four Smart Client Characteristics
- It uses local resources and provides a rich user experience
- It's a connected application that exchanges data on the Internet or an enterprise network
- Even though it's a connected application, it is offline capable so that it can be used whether or not it is currently connected
- It has an intelligent deployment and update story, maintaining relatively the same ease of deployment and management as web applications
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