Client side GUI-like web framework ?

2008-02-04 Thread USCode
Wouldn't it be handy if there was a web framework that allowed you to create pages and control the interface like you would using a client-side GUI framework such as Tkinter? The framework would need a small, fast web server that would automatically fire up when you ran your application and you

Re: Client side GUI-like web framework ?

2008-02-04 Thread USCode
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You just described what XUL aims to be > http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/The_Joy_of_XUL > http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner > > At present it lacks for sure documentation (or maybe it isn't > organized really well) Just took a look at XUL and it in som

Re: Client side GUI-like web framework ?

2008-02-04 Thread USCode
Michael L Torrie wrote: > > But it is served up in the firefox web browser. A good example is: > > http://www.faser.net/mab/chrome/content/mab.xul > That's pretty slick, but unfortunately then you're locked into only the Firefox web browser, which many folks don't use. You're trading OS lock

Re: Client side GUI-like web framework ?

2008-02-04 Thread USCode
Michael L Torrie wrote: > Which is a heck of lot better than OS lock in. Of course you can use > xul-runner or something. Gecko and XUL are both open source, so I'm not > quite sure what this lock in really is, though. > Lock-in in the sense that your application would only run in the Firefox b

Re: Client side GUI-like web framework ?

2008-02-04 Thread USCode
jay graves wrote: > On Feb 4, 11:45 am, USCode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Wouldn't it be handy if there was a web framework that allowed you to >> create pages and control the interface like you would using a >> client-side GUI framework such as Tkin