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Zeepe is a powerful, easy-to-script and freely distributable framework which enables rich web-technology content to be delivered to Windows workstations as custom client applications, either locally or directly over the Internet or corporate intranet.

Here are some compelling reasons why - if you are using a browser as the presentation platform for your web-based applications - you should upgrade to the Zeepe rich client framework NOW:

  • Overview
  • Security
  • Technology
  • Deployment
  • Familiarity

Overview

The lingua franca of 'web applications' - a combination of markup (HTML), presentation (CSS) and dynamic behavior (DOM) - is ubiquitous, has a low cost of entry, is supported by a wealth of development tools and is 'home' to legions of skilled authors & developers.

Despite the predictions - most often from those who see the client-side future as tens of megabytes of proprietory alternatives - there is no way that HTML and the web will 'run out of gas' for many years ... although the browser will always remain inadequate and seriously limiting as a host for applications.

Zeepe rich client applications speak the language of today's 'web applications', but go beyond the browser in favor of the power of scriptable custom windows, 'native' UI elements and access to the wealth of components already installed on a Windows PC.

This - taken together with the integration of Meado's ScriptX (the de facto printing and print presentation control for the web) - is what defines Zeepe as today's rich client framework of choice.

Every one of your 'web applications' for Windows can now be moved out of the browser and deployed as a Zeepe rich client. Developer learning curve, test overhead and cost of deployment are nominal. The immediate benefits - greater security, control, productivity, manageability and user comfort - are compelling.

Overview

The lingua franca of 'web applications' - a combination of markup (HTML), presentation (CSS) and dynamic behavior (DOM) - is ubiquitous, has a low cost of entry, is supported by a wealth of development tools and is 'home' to legions of skilled authors & developers.

Despite the predictions - most often from those who see the client-side future as tens of megabytes of proprietory alternatives - there is no way that HTML and the web will 'run out of gas' for many years ... although the browser will always remain inadequate and seriously limiting as a host for applications.

Zeepe rich client applications speak the language of today's 'web applications', but dispense with the browser in favor of the power of scriptable custom windows, 'native' UI elements and access to the wealth of components already installed on a Windows PC.

This - taken together with the integration of Meado's ScriptX (the de facto printing and print presentation control for the web) - is what defines Zeepe as today's rich client framework of choice.

Every one of your 'web applications' for Windows can now be moved out of the browser and deployed as a Zeepe rich client. Developer learning curve, test overhead and cost of deployment are nominal. The immediate benefits - greater security, control, productivity, manageability and user comfort - are compelling.

Security

Online or offline, a Zeepe application or publication will open in its own custom window(s) in the same way that an HTML document opens in a browser.

However when served from the Internet or intranet - unlike 'in-browser' documents - licensed Zeepe-hosted content is exclusively 'bound' to the domains of its publisher.

This means that (for example) a web banking application delivered as a Zeepe rich client cannot ever be cloned or replicated as part of a 'phishing' scam.

Zeepe leverages MeadCo's Security Manager licensing schema, which has proved to be 100% functional and secure over eight+ years of wide-scale corporate deployment.

It enables the large number of components which are installed as standard on a Windows PC - database access, XML downloading & parsing, file storage access and more - to be wired securely together with Zeepe's custom windows and UI elements to create powerful rich client applications with levels of functionality that could never (ever) be allowed to run in browser-based 'web applications'.

Technology

As with browser-based 'web applications', a Zeepe application's user interface is wholly defined on one or more HTML documents. But a Zeepe rich client is most definitely a NON-browser-based application.

The big difference with the Zeepe framework is that its custom windows and its scriptable UI elements such as rebars, toolbars, menubars and system tray notification are 'Windows native' and take full advantage of local resources on the underlying platform.

This means that the user interface of a Zeepe rich client is highly responsive and 'bandwidth friendly' ... no more server round trips every time a button is clicked.

As a part of its fully-custom-UI design capabilities, Zeepe's windowing controls (maximize, minimize, size, move and restore) can be called from DOM event handlers on any document element.

Similarly, the size, shape, position and state of a Zeepe application's windows are defined on the same HTML document, and are dynamically scriptable. Full inter-window communication & control is also available in multi-windowed applications.

Deployment

The Zeepe rich client framework is available for redistribution as an 850Kb "all users can install" .MSI file and can be deployed free of charge on any supported Windows workstation.

Importantly - and unlike some other proposed 'rich' and 'smart' client technologies - Zeepe applications will run on any 'real world' platform from Windows 98 to Windows Vista on which Internet Explorer 5.5 or later has been installed.

Your Zeepe applications are guaranteed maximum reach; installation of the .NET framework is not required for Zeepe to run.

Not only that, but IE does not have to be your users' default browser. Zeepe applications can be launched from 'standard' web content hosted by IE (and any of its 3rd party derivative browsers), Opera, Mozilla, Firefox or any other Gecko-based browser.

Zeepe rich client applications can be built dynamically from widely-distributed resources and delivered online, or run locally from a single compiled file, or developed as a combination of the two ... and all with the benefits of "Zero touch deployment" and "Zero touch upgrade".

Familiarity

The Zeepe rich client framework can be used to build and deploy anything from data entry front-ends for back office systems to compact micro-clients and fully-branded custom browser applications.

The scope of the framework is limited only by your needs - for example, you may chose to construct and deploy a single client application which presents a suite of line-of-business activities, consuming web services, XML and other data from a number of areas.

Further, by moving beyond the limitations, distraction and 'noise' of the browser and giving your applications a Windows look and feel you make them easier to use and lower training and support costs.

The availability of Zeepe means that it's no longer necessary to deploy "a browser on every desktop" for your Windows users to work with web applications. Any content type which can be displayed in Internet Explorer can be hosted in a Zeepe rich client application.

Search the web for a combination of "lost productivity", "time wasting" and "browser" to see how a wholesale move to Zeepe could save $$ millions.