Robert wrote: > I don't know that it would be any harder for the Mac--usually there's > less of a need for an actual installer. However, in practice Java is > fairly compatible platform-to-platform, and most computers already > have it.
My thought here is that I am unsure if Apple allows their Java implementation to be freely distributed. > Also, how would one fire up the app from the notebook (especially if > the server is remote)? I would treat the app as a normal app and just have the user launch it using the normal launch mechanism. Also, instead of launching the app from the notebook, one could launch the notebook from the app. > I think that's one of the benefits of Sage--one can sit down at > virtually any computer with a browser and start using it. I agree with this and I am not advocating that the notebook be abandoned. I am thinking, though, that there are definitely limits to what a browser-based application is capable of. The Mathematica player is an extremely rich application and so is texmacs. Just like the notebook is a step up from using SAGE from a shell, so too would a full-blown SAGE GUI application be a step up from the notebook. Ted --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
