Linus G Larsson wrote:
>
> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Sean Cribbs wrote:
>
> >> A CLI isnt going to have a taskbar, a XUI might not. JADE cant assume
> >> there is a taskbar, if there was a taskbar its only interaction would be
> >> that it uses JADE to get things like the process manager (to create the
> >> list of tasks) so a taskbar is part of the UI and is part of a JADE
> >> plug-UI but is not part of the core JADE its self. also, what if system
> >> y doesnt have Swing? it would need an AWT taskbar. the answer is all the
> >> desktop widgets must be designed via interface.
> >
> >Oh, I know. There will most definitely be many user interfaces, and
> >each could have (or not) its own taskbar widget. Certainly a CLI won't
> >have one.
>
> Why not?
>
> Imagine a text-based taskbar in the top of the console.
> I would certainly like it. It's just another viewer.
>
Ok, but not in the GUI sense. It won't have a component-based
construction, unless someone is willing to tackle a text-based gui and
toolkit and all the fun that goes with that! (believe me, I've tried
with Graphical ones, it's pretty hard)
Later,
Sean Cribbs
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