Sunday, March 09, 2003

News: MS InfoPath: Too complex to follow?

News: MS InfoPath: Too complex to follow? Lots of interesting speculation and opinions in this context, but I think ultimately it comes down to a question of how simple app dev can become in this context -- dynamic, form-centric applications that can tap into external and back-end resources via Web services, ADO, and by using XML Schemas. Not exactly end user stuff, from a design perspective, but if it's simple to create new form instances via InfoPath and SharePoint, I don't think the developer conceptual model is the primary leading indicator of InfoPath's likely market acceptance.

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  1. Anonymous3:08 AM

    Your title indicates that Infopath is so complex that it's confounding and then the first paragraph of you article is filled with meaningless and confounding words and technospeak. So, I look at your article believing from the title that you will dumb-down the explanation so that less tech capable human might understand something about Infopath and you ambush me with the same technobable that I get with Microsoft. What is a guy to do. I am trying to figure out why I want to put it on my computer and I cannot find out what the heck it does. So much for reading your posting as you are culpable of the same gobldegook as everyone else. Be well but NO Thanks!

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  2. I'm sorry to read your reaction but wish you well in your search for InfoPath info that meets your needs.

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