Jacob Potter Wrote: > As far as I know, a PC-based UI isn't even in the scope of that > project. There's no reason why someone couldn't write a richer > front-end for the current server (in whatever language) without > throwing away everything that SlimServer already does. > - Jacob Perhaps not in the current phase of that project, but it is going open source and it's a damn site easier to do it in Java than Perl!
The problem with the curent server is the lack of multi-threading, poor debugging/GUI development tools and to be frank the inappropriate use of Perl for what has become - or needs to become - a rival for iTunes. It was fine in the early days when all that was needed was a enhanced scripting solution to push files around, but to remain commercially competitive, SlimServer needs to look as good as and be as ergonomically efficient as an Apple product. You can question how right Apple have got it, but so many people use iTunes and that's what they now expect from a digital music software product. I guess you could write a Java front end app to drive SlimServer, but we're back to software Buckaroo. There are better ways to do it. -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18991 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
