On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:24:02 -0800, "dangerous_dom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I can see pros and cons for web interface Vs standalone GUI. But > personally, and i thinmk most people here agree, the best thing about > using a web interface is the ability to access it via web enabled > device, be that an other PC, laptop, PDA, Smart phone, PSP, etc > regardless of OS.
Absolutely, and I don't recommend discarding the web interface altogether. But as everyone who's ever programmed a web interface to an application knows, it's hard to make it really user friendly without resorting to portability-destroying techniques like DHTML, ActiveX and AJAX and the like. Try running that on your PDA ;) > A web interface is easier to quickly update to everytime a new > SlimServer version is released. And given that it's fairly easy design > a new skin, a more newbie freindly 'simple mode' could be made with > limited options. Not something i would want, being a control freak, but > i'm suprised no one has done this yet (or have they?). Also, in some > ways i think a stand alone program could confuse people more. Lets face > it, even the most inexperienced PC users are used to working with web > pages now. As a web browser is no more than a stand-alone program, I gather they must've had experience with that first. I find it extremely hard to believe people would prefer changing webpages via a drop down menu and change volume by clicking a few numbers (anyone else think that volume control on the web page is too coarse) than dragging a few adjacent sliders. I'm an extremely seasoned browser user (I remember thinking Mosaic was a great new app) but I find controlling my boxes with the webinterface unnecessarily cumbersome. Modern libraries like QT or WxWidgets (I used wxPerl to write my VideoBox) can easily be used to create interactive intuitive and user-friendly applications that install and run on Windows, Linux and OS/X. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
