Author: Jason Hardy-Smith

April 1, 2020

It’s here! Download 12.1 now.

What’s in 12.1? You can find loads of details about new features in these blogs: Online Skin Editor Even Better Grids Two New Ways to Select Text Automatic Preferences, Notify System & Rqd Filter Criteria If you have a version prior to Release 12.0, remember that upgrading to 12.1 will also give you all release 12.0 features. You can learn about...

Categories Release 12/Release 12.1/UI

November 8, 2019

The Difference Between SmartClient and Smart GWT

We often get asked about the difference between SmartClient and Smart GWT. The answer is: ‘not much‘. When you’re running SmartGWT, you’re also running SmartClient When you are running SmartGWT, you are also running SmartClient.  You are using SmartClient’s widgets, data binding, browser compatibility, etc. See the SmartClient vs SmartGWT architecture diagrams below: As you can see, we only use the...

Categories Industry/Roadmap/SmartClient/SmartGWT/Technology

November 7, 2019

Lessons learned from a prospect’s evaluation

We recently talked to a prospective customer about SmartClient. After all the usual introductions, they probed into the capabilities we offer, architecture, performance, etc. Then, we talked about how they would evaluate SmartClient. They planned to use an example of a text input field their UE team had designed. It was very nice. It had all the states you would...

Categories performance/UI

October 4, 2019

Enactia GDPR Soln Built w/ SmartClient

At Isomorphic Software, we believe that your data belongs to you and that you should have full control over it. So, we were more than happy to hear a new startup – Enactia – has built a comprehensive cloud software suite for Privacy and Cybersecurity Compliance management. When we heard it was built top to bottom with SmartClient, we were...

Categories Charts/Customer Success

August 23, 2019

We’re de-supporting some really old stuff

With our SmartClient platform, we always try to push the boundaries of what can be achieved in the latest browsers. At the same time, we support users on older browsers and older versions of SmartClient. This is a bit of a balancing act. We work with many institutions that are risk-averse. Unfortunately, browser vendors move faster than such institutions would...

Categories Release 12/Release 12.1

July 30, 2019

Feel the need for speed?

These days, the speed with which information is delivered is crucial to business and customer success.  For example, to: Live stream stock market price movements to capitalize on fluctuations Monitor time-series performance data to ensure your data center runs smoothly Send messages and collaborate instantly In these types of scenarios, querying static data to get the answer is just not...

Categories DevOps/performance

July 10, 2019

Your Web App in any color you want!

We’ve gotten great feedback on our latest skins (Tahoe, Stratus, & Obsidian). But, of course, you may be looking for something slightly different … Maybe a little aubergine? Chartreuse? Wet asphalt grey? Whatever color you have your heart set on, you can have it with 12.1. 12.1 Online Skin Editor Our 12.1 release comes with an ‘Online Skin Editor‘. Getting...

Categories Release 12/Release 12.1/UI

January 29, 2019

Coming in 12.1 (Part 3): Automatic Preferences, Notify System & Rqd Filter Criteria

New Notify system Want to provide a confirmation, warning, error, or other notification? The new “Notify” system in 12.1 is flexible and easy. The Notify system allows slide, fade or instant styles for both how the message arrives and how it disappears.  It also provides an option for stacking multiple notifications. Here’s an example from a soon-to-be-released web application: Find your...

Categories Release 12/Release 12.1

November 6, 2018

Coming in 12.1 (Part 2): Two New Ways to Select Cell Values

Here are a couple more new features coming in 12.1. Enjoy! Click to Select Cell Contents In 12.1, you’ll be able to click on a cell in the “Background” column to automatically select its contents ready for copy and paste. Single-click selection of cell values is enabled via the “selectCellTextOnClick” property and may be enabled at the ListGrid or field...

Categories Release 12/Release 12.1

October 19, 2018

Customer Success: Bespoke Web App Development

Most enterprises have innovative ideas for business applications that would streamline operations, generate more revenue, or provide some other competitive advantage. For a variety of reasons (don’t have the skills in house, don’t have available resources, etc.), these solutions often don’t get built. There are of course companies out there willing to develop custom web applications on their behalf. We...

Categories Customer Success