don't really work in web development - I personally thing it is a huge step backwards from client/server desktop applications. =========== Sure, and anyway a serious WEB based app eventually needs to access local hardware, raw printer, API etc which results in writting & downloading & installing most insecure ActiveX, Java applets etc stuff breaking the initial "secure thin-client" idea :)
2012/7/30, Ivanko B <ivankob4m...@gmail.com>: > It still baffles me why we now suddenly need hardware acceleration, > opengl and all these "fancy" (aka useless) special effects in our > applications. Those special effects don't make a sh*tty product any > better. > ============== > Because these unloads CPU thus allowing one to perform more tasks & > GUI to be more responsive - for instance You may watch HD TV & compile > a project & burn a DVD at same time - the machine becomes very > friendly to You ( me really estimate my home machine for this ) . It's > difficult to object that working on C2D CPU is fas much more smooth & > comfortable then on single CPU machine. > > > 2012/7/30, Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg.li...@gmail.com>: >> Hi, >> >> On 29 July 2012 20:46, Ivanko B <ivankob4m...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Anyway, now is the time to reuse all power of moder graphics & sound >>> hardware & modern HIDs - and if some library provides that without >> >> It still baffles me why we now suddenly need hardware acceleration, >> opengl and all these "fancy" (aka useless) special effects in our >> applications. Those special effects don't make a sh*tty product any >> better. I guess that's trending for you. Luckily my business clients >> don't care about that stuff - they just want a working product that >> makes their lives easier. >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> - Graeme - >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit >> http://fpgui.sourceforge.net >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Live Security Virtual Conference >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions >> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware >> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >> _______________________________________________ >> mseide-msegui-talk mailing list >> mseide-msegui-talk@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list mseide-msegui-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk
