Web 2.0: Something's Missing

'Daniel' on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:49:17 GMT, sez:

Hmm, well there's Google Base, but that's only a small part of the picture, I suppose.

'Mike Gale' on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:53:59 GMT, sez:

I never took them seriously, but there have been web front ends that let you add tables and fields, plus list the table.

Some versions I played with (years ago) could (I think) interface with different databases.

I know Google had something along these lines under beta. I saw some reports on performance and tuned it out. (Pre-Alpha...)

So an Enterprise Manager type application has been done several times. (It's not hard to write your own.)

I guess with an XCopyable SQL Server Express or similar database it's also got performance advantages.

Then you can always use a schema file and csv to achieve similar functionality without a "real database" at all.

(I also think that Web 2 doesn't exist, other than as a label.)

'Dan F' on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:02:58 GMT, sez:

DabbleDB could be seen as an online access I suppose. The main difference is it shields the end user from data types, form design. Worth a look at though, funky little product.

'Rik Hemsley' on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:39:11 GMT, sez:

You forgot:

Inability to process more than one line of SQL at a time.

'Bob Balfe' on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:17:36 GMT, sez:

That is because Lotus Notes replaced it 10 years ago.

'Hermann Klinke' on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:33:05 GMT, sez:

Zoho Creater replaced Access for me. It also meets your definition of Access and a Web 2.0 Access.

'lb' on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:59:44 GMT, sez:

DabbleDB and Zoho Creater are both interesting apps. Thanks for the links Dan.F and H.Klinke

I wonder if lotus notes is able to provide the kind of browser-based application and database design that i'm imagining here. i doubt it, but i'm no notes guru.

'Eric D. Burdo' on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:44:51 GMT, sez:

It has been about 5 years now since I worked with Lotus Notes (or Lotus Bloats as we used to call it).

But the app was nowhere near as newbie friendly as Access is. Notes had a much higher learning curve. But, it did handle the multiple users better than Access.

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