From: Caleb Tennis <caleb@...>
Date: 2006-04-05T19:40:37+09:00
Subject: Re: is GUI a weak point?


On Apr 5, 2006, at 6:29 AM, azrael@cream.org wrote:

>> There are plenty of others but one thing that I would like to see/ 
>> like
>> to start is a wrapper that allows you to switch between all of the
>> given frameworks using some sort of configuration.
>>
>
> Seems like a lot of effort for very little return. As somebody else  
> has
> already said, if you want a cross-platform GUI, you're probably  
> going to
> want to be using Rails.

Using Rails and a web interface is a nice way to present data to an  
end user, but it's not always a viable solution.  For example, my  
company does diesel engine testing in real time.  There's no way a  
web based Rails interface would even come close to being able to meet  
our needs for that.

Now, to present the generated data to the end user - Rails works  
beautifully.  But the web is not the end all be all for GUI  
applications.

> There really isn't such thing as a cross-platform GUI application,
> outside of web-land. It always needs tweaking, refining, polishing and
> testing for every major platform; as a result, what you're suggesting
> offers very little.

I would argue the same is true in webland, since most people designer  
end up having to support IE, Firefox, Safari, and more.