Just my two cents worth... Why would anyone want to change the Sausalito architecture? From a 3'rd party developer standpoint, it is extremely simple to program, very flexible in its programming options (PHP, Perl, C) and its web based foundation classes are downright ingenious. The sausalito architecture uses pretty purist level HTML to generate the user interface as well as a few javascript calls. If alternate browser developers can't keep the basic functionality of the HTML standard intact, should every other developer in the world dance to their drum? In terms of flash for a UI, why bother. It's way to slow. It uses proprietary software to develop in, and is a pain to integrate into back end systems that require dynamic content.
I think what needs to be done is this. Get the guys that write the browser software on the same page! All these browser developers want to be the kings of free software. So they add bells and whistles to try and win users. But what they need to learn is that they really are just a means of accessing the real information. We the end users don't want muddy interpretaion, we want form & function. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. If they held to form & function, all would be well. Like I said, just my 2cents worth. Robert Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cyrius Automation Inc. 78 - 678 Citadel Drive Port Coquitlam, BC V3C6M7 CANADA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of CJ Johnson Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 9:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Problems with the Cobalt GUI and Linux browsers > From : "William L. Thomson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject : Re: [cobalt-developers] Problems with the Cobalt GUI and > Linux browsers > > Has there ever been discussion of using Flash for the Cobalt web > interface? > > ... > > Some food for thought, if the web interface architecture every gets > redone. :) Most likely the last thing on your mind after making the > move to the new architecture. Actually, the new architecture (Sausalito) inserted layers that allow us to change the UI without starting from scratch. It is still a big project, but we have options that weren't available in the the previous version (Cobalt "special sauce"). Things like browser independence have been investigated; as Bruce mentioned, the resource tradeoffs are always the challenging part. Beyond our mainstream engineering efforts, one of my hats here is to manage our advanced technology group, and we are looking at a number of UI issues for the longer term future. Flash has plusses and minuses. If there are other UI technologies or issues that you folks feel should be on our radar screen, feel free to send me a note, and I'll get it to the right destination. cj* _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
