| Re: Dialog_Pickfile Whack-a-Mole [message #81730 is a reply to message #81626] |
Fri, 12 October 2012 16:07   |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Mark Piper writes:
> I was hoping someone would bring this up, since it's the root of the DIALOG_PICKFILE issue. We need a new widget system in IDL. It will undoubtedly not be a drop-in replacement for the current widget system. Should the new system be a desktop system (using, e.g., GTK or Qt), or should it be webified (using, e.g., WebGL)? We need to think about this carefully; I don't want to develop something that will be obsolete in five years.
I wouldn't get out too far ahead on this. (Some quick research
on WebGL indicates it's not even supported by Microsoft. That
could, uh, be a problem.)
I would try really, really hard to give the user something simple
to use that looks professional. Five years is not a long time,
but I do worry this might be a moot point if there are no users
left to take advantage of it.
I did see a demo of some HTML5 functionality this week,
and I have to admit, it looks great. Totally cool. But,
it is clear that it is also still cutting edge. I think if I
were making this decision, I would hang back for something
more reliable. More buggy software is not likely to
increase the number of people frending you on Facebook. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thos speakest truth.")
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