[FX.php List] Re: IWP vs CWP

[Bob Patin]

Frank,

I second those who have recommended you steer clear of IWP. Although  
it works in some in-house Intranet situations, you'll probably find it  
too slow and too clunky for use for most people. I host some IWP  
solutions for clients who seem to be okay with it, but the compromises  
they have to make, combined with the sluggish response time, make it a  
impossible for me to recommend to my clients.

There are some issues with clients taking their time or pausing while  
in an IWP solution; FM servers are set to drop an IWP client after 5  
minutes or so of inactivity, and this often causes clients to get  
dropped off before they finish a registration or other process. In  
fact, I just finished rewriting an IWP site in PHP, because too many  
survey participants were dropped in the middle of the survey process.

Good luck with your project,

Bob Patin
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On Dec 1, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Someone wrote:

> Hi guys,
> Thanks for your input.
> I should have said that I am a PHP FX developer but have never done  
> IWP.
> I'm just exploring the possibility of IWP, assuming that the
> development time would be shorter than CWP.
> Joel the site will be for a small/limited set of know users but I
> getting the sense for everyone
> that I might run in to unexpected issues that need some work around
> (that I might spend hours figuring out).
>
> Just want the client to know what's out ,and their limitation and
> their cost.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Frank
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