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March 08, 2006
Java Programming
Troy's Blog refers a little about Thin Clients.
As many of you have seen the thin clients are propagating around campus. We are able to do a lot with these little buggers. Including presenting just a web browser, full windows enviornment... I think you get the picture.
Anyway, we wanted a good way of keeping the "kiosk" type functionality of just a web browser, but also make it easy to get into windows. ( without right clicking, and picking windows )
So now that you know what we wanted to accomplish, here's how we did it.
Bill Kernan and I started working on a Java Application. This would be what the user sees on each of the thin clients. The java application has room for some announcements, as well as buttons to open various applications. These as you might guess are web browsers, windows etc..
The cool thing is the web browsers open directly to various needed applications. Including AccountLookup, Banner web for students, or just a default web browser.
Keep your eye on the thin clients. This app is going to revolutionize their use!!
PS:
We used NetBeans as our development platform. I'd done very little Java Programming in my day, and this app made it pretty easy.
Posted by knabet at March 8, 2006 10:22 PM