Claudio Grondi wrote: > "Kenneth McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Thanks for reminding me of Gtk. OK, add that to the list. >> >>The Web Browser interface is good for simple things, and will get better >>with CSS2's adoption, but they still don't have a good way for important >>things like interactive styled text, key bindings, etc. Good for >>simple things >>(for which I use them), not for more complex stuff. > > > I don't fully understand your attitude here. The Web Browser interface has > all I can imagine is required for a GUI, so what is missing when you > consider, that you can generate custom images on the fly on the server and > let the user shape the page without requesting CPU power from the server > using JavaScript.
In this case then, I'm afraid the failure is in your imagination :-) > I don't even name here the not really beeing itegral part of Internet > Browsers JavaApplets and any other kind of plugin stuff. > The only issue I can see with this approach is the speed of responding to > user interactions, but for really optimize this one needs a compiled > language anyway. > What is that complex, that it can't be solved using an Internet Browser as a > GUI? > Do I miss here something? > While you are correct in saying (I paraphrase) that HTML interfaces nowadays can offer a rich graphical interface, it can be quite difficult to manage state maintenance between the two components (web server, web client) in the system. A "proper" GUI runs all functionality inside a single process, and allows much easier control over complex interactions, creation of dynamic dialogues, and so on. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
