On 05/17/2010 05:49 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
Then we could still offer a separate SDL based viewer that could do the same
things it does now. But we'd also open up the gate for a whole new integration
level with possible GUIs.
You could, but I think it introduces more complexity which just is going to get
in the way of building a good GUI.
The main benefit I see by taking an always-vnc approach would be that everything
becomes 100% networkable. There's nothing getting in your way because you're doing
things on a remote machine. And you even get the same look&feel you got from
the local connection because it's the same tool connecting you.
My current thinking with GUIs is that network transparency is more
trouble than it's worth.
The problem is, simple things end up being overly complicated. You
can't just pop up a file dialog box to select a new CD-ROM ISO because
you can't browse files on a remote machine. Instead, you need to have
something like a "pool" concept or something like that.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
But yeah, maybe it does add too much complexity. I don't know.
Alex
