From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,41e2008f41502f03 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Message-ID: <451C189A.30704@obry.net> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:46:50 +0200 From: Pascal Obry Organization: Home - http://www.obry.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada To: tmoran@acm.org Subject: Re: Should a GUI be separated from the application? References: <451BFDBA.7080907@obry.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Sep 2006 20:46:55 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.249.124.236 X-Trace: 1159469215 news.orange.fr 5084 81.249.124.236:3161 X-Complaints-To: abuse@orange.fr Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!130.59.10.21.MISMATCH!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.in2p3.fr!in2p3.fr!feed.ac-versailles.fr!fdn.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!news.wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6799 Date: 2006-09-28T20:46:55+02:00 List-Id: 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. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595