[IxDA Discuss] Desktop app --> Web app guidelines

[Cindy Lu]

I would add one more question to your questions:
Who will use the guildelines if they do exist?

- Cindy

On 8/21/06, Sherman, Paul <paul.sherman at sage.com> wrote:
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> Today I received an interesting question from a Product Manager in another
> business unit. She is part of an initiative to create a "web-based" version
> of their Windows-only desktop application. Her question was:
>
> "Has anyone [in the other application groups] developed guidelines to bring
> their application to the web?"
>
> I told her I'd ping a few UX/IxD/UCD discussion groups.
>
> So, does anyone know of a good set of guidelines for "web-alizing" a desktop
> app?
>
> Needless to say, I had a boatload of questions for her, some of which were:
> --Did she mean "the app is delivered in a browser" or "delivered in a thin
> client, not necessarily inside a browser?" Other?
> --Will current users be required to / have the option to use the web-based
> version? Or is the web version only for new customers?
>
>
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Paul
>
> ---
> Paul Sherman
> Director, User-Centered Design
> Sage Software
>
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