"Vertigo is really the protocol/development environment/whatever for this wireless world. The Register seemed to be paraphrasing from the CEO interview in UK demo when stating that ICA is not the appropriate protocol for small form-factor devices like the Palm, cell phones, etc. Here, Vertigo steps in to provide the high-speed, rich interface objects to the device. I must be missing something here. Is ICA the transport for Vertigo-based app's or not?"
dreydoc- I was going to address your statement but I see your follow-up referencing my older post may have cleared it up. NOW, I hope I don't really confuse the subject with my next comment.
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"The Palm demo used a version of Citrix's Vertigo protocol for connectivity. Citrix's ICA protocol isn't appropriate for devices with small screen real estate like the Palm, so under Vertigo, which is currently undergoing development, all of the objects in the user interface are actually held on the server."
The above writer's view (from your Oct 24, 1999 posting) is not quite accurate. I think you agree with this too. Here's how I think it should have read:
"The Palm demo used a version of Citrix's Vertigo application for developers to preview stock quotes and weather. Citrix's ICA protocol isn't appropriate for devices with small screen real estate like the Palm, to port to the user, full-blown Window apps. So using Vertigo, which is currently undergoing development, all of the objects in the user interface are actually re-writes of Window apps, down-sized for the Palm screen. ICA is still used to transport the app to the handheld."
I'm just shooting from the hip. In your opinion is my latest thinking accurate? If so, then it's an entirely new direction that Citrix is taking. -MikeM(From Florida) |
