From: azrael@...
Date: 2006-04-05T22:40:50+09:00
Subject: Re: is GUI a weak point?

> > Using Rails and a web interface is a nice way to present data to an end
> > user, but it's not always a viable solution.  For example, my company
> > does diesel engine testing in real time.  There's no way a web based
> > Rails interface would even come close to being able to meet our needs
> > for that.
> > 
> 
> Until they give the browser persistent connections to the server =)
> 

Look at what GMail has been able to do with XMLHttpRequest.

If I were you, I'd check out Rails 1.1's RJS support, Dojo, etc., and
check out some of the suprisingly fab stuff you can do with Async
Javascript.

Martin