I wrote to George Woltman:
I wonder if there are any volunteers out there willing to design
and write an attractive front-end for the v19 GIMPS client.
There is, I believe, considerable interest in having a
smart-looking user-interface on the Win/Linux/? desktop.
Running, it would only use very few extra processor cycles.
A project of limited size, someone could manage and coordinate
it, including the QA testing.
George Woltman replies:
The Windows user-interface should be easy - simply translating the
resource file. Linux might be tougher - I'm not very familiar with
that environment.
He further writes:
There are some Linux folks that like the present program because it
doesn't use X-windows. Of course, offering a choice can't hurt.
Ideally, the interface would be the same as the Windows interface
so that help and readme files would work in both environments.
If someone writes an X-Windows front end I'd be happy to look at
using it in a future release.
So, here's my appeal to you all:
Any programmers/designers interested in writing a nice front-end?
Now, everybody, _PLEASE_:
If you're thinking <<How about a nifty gadget such-and-such?>>.
Let's NOT send all THAT to the mailing list!
The list would get swamped in tons of traffic. So please, okay?
Once the prime client has a nice-looking GUI, those millions
running their fancy SETI@home screensavers looking for intelligence
will all come rushing over to GIMPS! ;-)
Robert van der Peijl
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