Well put! > -----Original Message----- > From: Leif Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: February 1, 2006 10:05 AM > To: Jim Van Meggelen > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] I'd like to start a holy war, please > > On 1/31/06, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am not a huge fan of using a GUI to configure Asterisk, simply > > because I feel it adds bloat to the system and limits choice. > > You know, I used to think this way too, simply because I can > see just how powerful Asterisk is, and there is no possible > way you could ever create a GUI that would perform every > function of Asterisk. It'd be much like trying to build an > operating system, and if you did happen to build everything > into it, it'd be so complex that it'd be useless. > > > Having said that, it would sometimes be nice to offer a simple > > interface that would allow chinging user names, mailbox > info, DIDs and so forth. > > And this is the key point -- you need to build SMALL, simple, > goal oriented GUI systems. If you are a VSP, then you need a > GUI to manage your trunks, termination points, accounts and > the features you will provide them. This is a much more > complicated GUI, but not unachievable (I've got one that I > use and have been expanding and refining it for my use). > > Then you need the GUI for the receptionist (monitor calls, > transfers, etc...), the GUI for the end-user to control their > features (voicemail pin, find-me-follow-me, E911). > > The point is, if you try to build an all in one GUI, or not > have any sort of GOAL to what the GUI is attempting to > accomplish (and that it is a small, extremely refined goal) > -- there should be an end -- if there is no end, your vision > is too broad and you will probably fail, and your users will > not benefit, and you will not lower your support / > implementation costs (which is probably the whole point of > this right?). > > -- > Leif Madsen. > http://www.leifmadsen.com > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.25/247 - Release > Date: 31/01/2006 > >
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