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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada-Oriented GUI Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 09:09:23 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: <7789c58e-ca36-44a2-8818-009eface4a3e@googlegroups.com> <926b83eb-6cce-417d-9c17-df6be2bc98d5@googlegroups.com> <2d1f392f-e747-42aa-8938-d6538d5b9934@googlegroups.com> <7e240e01-f6e2-40dc-a7da-d430d1c92f67@googlegroups.com> <3ff0cd7d-c3c5-4b03-a686-3cb21f3fbfa6@googlegroups.com> <748d6aa7-3d37-43e4-a38c-5e852b54b915@googlegroups.com> <45d67d0b-8212-45aa-b654-08ac486b3bb9@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: MyFhHs417jM9AgzRpXn7yg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 Content-Language: en-US X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.3 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:51225 Date: 2018-03-28T09:09:23+02:00 List-Id: On 28/03/2018 01:58, Randy Brukardt wrote: > "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message > news:p9crpe$ue3$1@gioia.aioe.org... >> On 27/03/2018 00:09, Randy Brukardt wrote: >>> There's also the possibility of some >>> non-programming technique taking over much of what is now programming >>> (neural networks is the current leader there). >> >> How training a system to solve *same* problem may help designing GUI? > > I've never thought that a GUI is the end-all interface. Voice command is > probably closer, or perhaps some sort of brain-wave control? Playing around > with a pointing device and a screen is just a way station (with a few > exceptions of things that are inherently visual - photo processing, maps, > etc.). > > One result is that solving the problems of GUI creation is less necessary > for the long-term than people make out. Replaced by more difficult problems? Older devices usually have much simpler interfaces, Dial disk telephone vs. mobile phone? -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de