Jacob Langston wrote:
> I'm new to this project(in fact, I'm still waiting for my user name validation). I
>was wondering
> what type of user interface was currently being designed for JOS, and how it's
>progress is
> going. I mean, is the interface like dos, or more like a windows gui?
Yes. And by that I mean both and neither; to make it less confusing I'll
explain the whole thing.
The UI is not--technically speaking--part of the OS, its an application.
The application/UI we are designing is called JADE
(JavaApplication&DesktopEnvironment) it is a socket, so to speak, for
the actual UI. JADE consists of a minimal framework that the actual UI
plugs into. It also has convience framework extensions* for CLI's
(CommandLineInterfaces, or a "dos ui") and for TGUI's (TraditionalGUI
aka a "windows gui"). This way the user can select the best UI for
his/her skill-level/requirments/tastes. Id est, someone who only does
word proccessing could have a UI that is "docucentric" (or
document-oriented) while someone who is familiar with macintoshes could
have a MAC UI while a server admin can put in a UNIX like CLI...
Cheers,
DigiGod
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