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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0a15c81dbb968cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-18 06:30:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!207.217.77.102!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: XML GUI, was Re: Best option for portable GUI? Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 09:29:23 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: <2lUV9.22373$Yq3.6351@sccrnsc02> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b0.f0 X-Server-Date: 18 Jan 2003 14:30:25 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33176 Date: 2003-01-18T14:30:25+00:00 List-Id: Well, gee, I don't know. I've never tried. :-) Maybe with the speed of today's computers and a fast enough communication link it might actually work O.K. Just because a particular approach would not be amenable to *every* possible application doesn't mean it shouldn't be tried or might not be a suitable direction down which to go. For example: Are web pages across the internet suitable to that sort of realtime animation? Not usually, but that doesn't stop them from being a suitable interface for truckloads of applications. In a situation like this you have to pick a direction and go there without worrying about the fact that it isn't perfect for everything. It would seem that defining and adopting some approach to doing GUIs with Ada as a "standard" and "portable" means of user I/O would be a good thing. If it was innovative and unique enough - providing features not commonly seen in Windows or Linux or Mac apps, it might create a kind of "product distinction" and an incentive to use Ada to get these extra capabilities. It might possibly provide large amounts of developmental leverage that would create an incentive for using Ada. People might say "I want that GUI... Oh? I have to program in Ada to use that GUI? O.K. I guess we'll switch to that language..." Its happened before. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== wrote in message news:2lUV9.22373$Yq3.6351@sccrnsc02... > > XML to build a GUI server. > Pardon my ignorance, but can you draw real-time moving images > with XML? For instance a picture that morphs between dog and cat > as you drag the mouse left and right? Or does GUI mean essentially > text and static images?