David Powell wrote: >On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:56:38AM +1200, Ian Collins wrote: > > >>A simple GUI interface would be a start, even a graphical overview of >>the services would help. >> >> > > Though not SMC, the Visual Panels project is attempting to do just > that. (Actually, if services are all you're interested in, it > already does do that and is attempting to do a lot more.) > > > >>Maybe avoid Java, based on past Java GUIs, >>they always generate flak due to slow load time and resource hogging. >> >> > > Visual Panels is written in Java, and we're quite happy with the > performance we're getting. Java performance has improved a lot, and > that's not just because computers are getting faster. I also think > it's fair to say that most of SMC's sluggishness has little to do > with the language the UI is implemented in. > > You can find out more about Visual Panels at > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vpanels/ > > > Interesting, thanks for the link.
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