1) Rich user interface
2) Responsive
3) Offline capabilities
4) Easy to update
5) Easy to deploy
6) Easy to manage
I have now an application for PDA,
it registers information to the local database and synchronise these data via web services to a remote database.
question1:
Do I have a smart client or a fat client I would say a smart client because it operates local and exchange information with remote systems
thus: 1) ok
2)ok
3)ok
4)easy to update what makes it easier to update then fat clients
5)no experience yet, indeed easy with VS for testing purposes
6) what do they mean
question2:
About 4) Is an example of this for example the auto-updates of windows
Is it hard to make something like this
question3:
This makes I can deploy software to clients. Make changes to code and distribute these changes as updates Yes/no && easy to get this behaviour
question4:
about easy to deploy/manage: what are the differences in comparance with fat clients
About smart clients:
1) Rich user interface
2) Responsive
3) Offline capabilities
4) Easy to update
5) Easy to deploy
6) Easy to manage

smart client vs fat client question
Ken H