We have just released an updated version of the PMAP demo that is now compatible with Morfik 3.0. This contains a full version of the Tree control.

Please note that this is a first phase of a two step process. The new demo works with Morfik 3.0.7.20 correctly, but the tree control is not a widget yet. In the next phase we will create a widget out of it so that it is easier to use with Morfik 3.

Please visit the request demo site to get your copy!

Please visit the request demo site to get your copy!

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This is a very thought-provoking video. How will we cope with the challenges of tomorrow?

Please visit the request demo site to get your copy!

Please check out our summary here and do let us know what you think!

• PMAPTree control: a flexible tree control supporting XML and JSON, keyboard navigation, and more.
• PMAPCommon module: with tons of useful functions on both the client and server side, like image list handling, hash map handling, high performance string handling, fast XML processing on the client side, and more.
• PMAPDateUtils module: an extensive set of functions to handle date & time tasks natively and some gems like firstDayOfWeek(), nthDayOfWeek(), incDateDays(), getDayOfMonth(), ISO8601ToDateTime() ,  and more.
• The PMAPTree control demo application with various examples of how to use the tree and how to populate it from various sources, among other things.
• A number of patches to the Morfik FrameWork code, making development more efficient and adding some new functionality.

All the above stuff is tested with Morfik FX 2.0.5.18 & 2.0.5.27 and is only a click away, so don’t hesitate! We are very liberal with the demo license as well: you can use the full version components included in the demo in live applications. All we ask is give us feedback and credit in your apps!

So go and request your demo package today!

I’ll add some more features and then the Clock joins the PMAP control collection!

A more detailed account to come…

I’m (quite:-) closely following the Morfik saga since late 2005 and did have many long discussions with Aram, Fuad, Mauricio and Shah about direction in the past three years, sometimes pretty heated chats about the vision and execution, so I’m not an unanimous supporter of everything Morfik, but version 2 is a very significant step in the good direction.

The new visual design concept with themes, states, popup customization, etc. is a major step forward for web application design. I see real innovation here.  Go and check out the tutorial videos, it is worthwhile! I wouldn’t say that I’m fond of the sixties look of the new demo apps (and of the new Morfik site itself), but the design flexibility is impressive and the functionality seems to be very well thought out.

I’ll be looking into the new version in the coming days and weeks (we do have some projects that now will have to be ported anyway, especially our PMAP controls and libraries), so stay tuned for new comments to come.

Some conclusions:

• Firefox is over-represented: although Firefox has a good 20%+ or so world-wide market share, the 52%+ result here indicates that Firefox users are open to new browser technologies (no surprise there)
• Safari: ditto, although I suspect that some of the Safari visits are indeed Chrome visits before Google Analytics got smart enough to recognize it
• Chrome and Opera: Chrome got even with Opera in two and a half days. That is a statement, and might get Opera people a bit worried about market share.

Stop the presses!

A few hours (like 6) later we have a somewhat different picture!

Chrome gained 7%+ and it seems that my Safari-Analytics-Chrome theory has some substance as Safari is down markedly, while the other players are virtually unchanged.

Day 4: Chrome is second

So we are at day++, and the results are:

Chrome again gained 7%+ and is second only to Firefox, slightly edging out IE. Not bad for a four day older isn’t it?