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Subject: Re: is GUI a weak point?
From: Caleb Tennis <caleb () aei-tech ! com>
Date: 2006-04-05 10:40:37
Message-ID: E25B0CB3-C252-4C4D-834A-1612DFD03E3E () aei-tech ! com
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On Apr 5, 2006, at 6:29 AM, azrael@cream.org wrote:
>> There are plenty of others but one thing that I would like to see/
>> like
>> to start is a wrapper that allows you to switch between all of the
>> given frameworks using some sort of configuration.
>>
>
> Seems like a lot of effort for very little return. As somebody else
> has
> already said, if you want a cross-platform GUI, you're probably
> going to
> want to be using Rails.
Using Rails and a web interface is a nice way to present data to an
end user, but it's not always a viable solution. For example, my
company does diesel engine testing in real time. There's no way a
web based Rails interface would even come close to being able to meet
our needs for that.
Now, to present the generated data to the end user - Rails works
beautifully. But the web is not the end all be all for GUI
applications.
> There really isn't such thing as a cross-platform GUI application,
> outside of web-land. It always needs tweaking, refining, polishing and
> testing for every major platform; as a result, what you're suggesting
> offers very little.
I would argue the same is true in webland, since most people designer
end up having to support IE, Firefox, Safari, and more.
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