From: zdennis <zdennis@...>
Date: 2006-04-05T22:36:53+09:00
Subject: Re: is GUI a weak point?

Caleb Tennis wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Until they give the browser persistent connections to the server =)

Zach