Robert Melson wrote: > think applications like phpGedView, The Next Generation and, to Much as I like both of those, I have to agree with Dr. Leverich--they really don't offer any major innovation. They're just improvements on the user interface of the same basic thing. -- Wes Groleau ----------- Daily Hoax: http://www.snopes2.com/cgi-bin/random/random.asp

In article <WxUni.6848$ct5.4376@trnddc06>, Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org> writes: > Robert Melson wrote: >> think applications like phpGedView, The Next Generation and, to > > Much as I like both of those, I have to > agree with Dr. Leverich--they really don't > offer any major innovation. They're just > improvements on the user interface of the > same basic thing. > I don't disagree. I very much like pGV, myself, but am certainly aware that overall it's not really a ground breaking application. Still, it does illustrate the point I was attempting to make - all the capability resides in/on the server, making it unnecessary for the local machine to install anything more forbidding than a browser. This, I think, is where things are probably heading <waves hands> in genealogy as well as in other areas. Bob Melson -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- "People unfit for freedom---who cannot do much with it---are hungry for power." ---Eric Hoffer