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I don't know about "dying rapidly". Access seems to be in maintenance mode since 2010 when they added web application support. It's going to be dying slowly as

I don't know about "dying rapidly". Access seems to be in maintenance mode since 2010 when they added web application support. It's going to be dying slowly as end users migrate to other technologies (proprietary applications and the like). It's a bit clunky but you can run Access applications in a browser [1]. So Access is no longer synonymous with "shitty little data entry desktop application". [1] http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/128126.aspx http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles...

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jtwaleson 11y ago
You're probably right. I think that the number of new applications created with Access is decreasing pretty fast, but the number of active existing applications will decline slowly.
nealmydataorg 11y ago
If it is legacy application built on Access and does not require much maintenance then it can continue running. If it requires switching to other platform then it requires effort (1)to find new platform (2)migration to new platform and results in dying slowly.
jstaniek 11y ago
Regarding Access-type of apps: IMHO they are as needed as spreadsheets, just less frequently. Like cars for 6 person families are needed too even if for cars for 4 are more popular. It's not complaining but: if the percentage of people using such apps isn't increasing this is maybe also because of average level of technical education among computer users decreasing. Average user wouldn't operate at this level of specialization. Even scientists... those I know don't reject using simple spreadsheets risking numeric inaccuracies. Weak and prototype tools become the standard for them. So simple spreadsheet apps (excel-like) that got very feature-laden over the years (statistical stuff, etc.) that clearly introduce on a concept of a strict matrix structure are very popular and they don't get replaced by web interfaces. Conversely, the web interfaces try to emulate the original UX with more or less success (Google Sheets, MS Office online). Simplistic explanation of Access type of apps could be that they introduce data types and more on top of what's know in spreadsheets. There's always market for that but the demand needs to be realized (created?). Ideally the database type of apps could learn some agility from the spreadsheets world. Newer MS Accesses offer implicit adding of fields in a 'spreadsheet' way in the data view and altering form/report design in the data view as well. I'd like to have that in Kexi too. Maybe even the app should welcome the user with an empty sheet of cells by default? We have a place for discussions on the forums https://forum.kde.org/kexi https://forum.kde.org/kexi and also mailing lists if someone is interested.

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jtwaleson 11y ago

You're probably right. I think that the number of new applications created with Access is decreasing pretty fast, but the number of active existing applications will decline slowly.

nealmydataorg 11y ago

If it is legacy application built on Access and does not require much maintenance then it can continue running. If it requires switching to other platform then it requires effort (1)to find new platform (2)migration to new platform and results in dying slowly.

jstaniek 11y ago

Regarding Access-type of apps: IMHO they are as needed as spreadsheets, just less frequently. Like cars for 6 person families are needed too even if for cars for 4 are more popular. It's not complaining but: if the percentage of people using such apps isn't increasing this is maybe also because of average level of technical education among computer users decreasing. Average user wouldn't operate at this level of specialization. Even scientists... those I know don't reject using simple spreadsheets risking numeric inaccuracies. Weak and prototype tools become the standard for them. So simple spreadsheet apps (excel-like) that got very feature-laden over the years (statistical stuff, etc.) that clearly introduce on a concept of a strict matrix structure are very popular and they don't get replaced by web interfaces. Conversely, the web interfaces try to emulate the original UX with more or less success (Google Sheets, MS Office online). Simplistic explanation of Access type of apps could be that they introduce data types and more on top of what's know in spreadsheets. There's always market for that but the demand needs to be realized (created?). Ideally the database type of apps could learn some agility from the spreadsheets world. Newer MS Accesses offer implicit adding of fields in a 'spreadsheet' way in the data view and altering form/report design in the data view as well. I'd like to have that in Kexi too. Maybe even the app should welcome the user with an empty sheet of cells by default? We have a place for discussions on the forums https://forum.kde.org/kexi https://forum.kde.org/kexi and also mailing lists if someone is interested.