On Tuesday 23 August 2005 12:32 am, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > boblq wrote: > > On Monday 22 August 2005 11:50 pm, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > > > Did I mention no need for a web browser? > > > > Uh duh? Is there anyone left on the planet with an Internet account > > but no browser? Seems a small advantage. > > It's a big enough advantage to matter to *me*. You don't seem to > understand how I loath using a webbrowser as a general application > interface.
Oh I do understand. I also understand that catering to you as a marketplace for effort is nigh unto terminally stupid. If you want an interface for just "you" then nothing is stopping "you" from writing it. But even if "you" write the perfect interface for "you" it is a poor way for "you" to spend your precious time and energy. Narcissistic really. > Webbrowsers are fine for displaying information, and simple interactive > things. If you have a textarea tag in the page, and it is not a simple > toy, then you are probably beter served with a real application. Why? Because a ton of effort can be expended for marginally more responsive system. Bad trade off IMHO. There are far better ways for programmers to spend their time. > The downside is that webbrowsers are so prevalent, and follow a rough > standard, that everyone thinks that is the best way to go to be > cross-platform. And it stinks. Klunk, klunk, klunk, Worse is better. BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
