Re: Should a GUI be separated from the application?

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

tmoran@acm.org a �crit :
>>> What about having a browser as the GUI and using AJAX-style HTTP for
>>> the comms? The back-end would be something like AWS or my EWS
>> ...
>> You can use Ajax-XML based control of the GUI. See the AWS's Ajax
>> Web Elements demos. The application only output XML actions. No HTML or
>    Could you make a Pong game that way?  Or a music synthesizer?
> Or does "GUI" mean a limited subset of graphical user interfaces?

I think with the current state of the technology a "limited subset"
only. But in some years from now, we a nice SVG support... who knows!
At least with Ajax the limited subset is far more advanced than it used
to be.

Pascal.

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