When discussing flash interface, please bear in mind that all plugin developers might not be interested in investing $399 in a flash license. I think it is a good idea to keep making language choices for slimserver in such way that its possible to contribute without purchasing expensive development tools.
I think we have two main use cases where the "web interface" needs to work: 1. Control of slimserver using a handheld device - Has to work on small screens - Has to work on as many different handheld devices as possible 2. Control of slimserver from your desktop PC - Has to work on all main operating system (Windows, Linux, MaxOS) - Preferable if it takes advantage of the screen space - Preferable if it integrates with the OS with tray icons, drag&drop, notifications when a new track starts playing and much more. In the second case I think a fat client would really be the best choice for the user, look at Moose for an example. The problem with this is that fat client is really not that easy to combine with operating system independence. So due to this I think a web interface probably is the right way to go also for the second case. Fat clients can still be developed by external developers, but I think it might be a bad idea to include these in the standard slimserver. A third case that probably will be requested more in the future is integration with HTPC software like MCE, MediaPortal, Myth. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-trackstat) , 'SQLPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-sqlplaylist) , 'DynamicPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-dynamicplaylist) and 'RandomPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-randomplaylist) plugins) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25395 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
