Can Jotform compete with Wufoo
Mar 02
ajax, development, website 2 Comments
So what it Jotform? JotForm is the first web based WYSIWYG form builder kinda like Wufoo. I like the interface and usability of Wufoo better but if Jotform can steer things in a different direction maybe they can compete.
What do I mean by that? Well, if your going to design something to be exactly the same as something else then you have to do it better, a lot better and Jotform comes up a bit short.
But wait! There is room. The thing as I see, as a developer for both desktop applications and web applications, is a need for the forms creator to spit out code. How about when I am done with the form I have a way to hook-it to a database (provide me with a table / field editor) or through a common email script (like MailEnable or Jmail). Also, let me download the code in different languages: ASP, ASP.NET, PHP would be a great start.
If Jotform can do this they will be where nobody has gone yet.
Good luck and lets see if Jotform or Wufoo can tap into this.
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Mar 10, 2010 @ 02:29:21
I think you got it backwards. JotForm was released before Wufoo. When JotForm released, Wufoo had a demo page and featured a really terrible flash based tool. After seeing JotForm, they re-wrote their application and made it more like JotForm. So, it is the other way around: Wufoo is a JotForm clone.
Jul 16, 2010 @ 08:49:36
Jotform provides code for html. The code has no relationship between php as the submissions are gone into Jotform not to ourselves. You can send post data to thank you page you have setted for your form in jotform.
Also If I have server place/processing to keep my records, why I need to use jotform?