Alternatives to the W3C

[Steven Livingstone, ITS, SENM]

So what happened to DOS GUI-like applications?

Steven Livingstone
Glasgow, Scotland.
07771 957 280 or +447771957280

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Brandt Dainow [SMTP:bd at internet-etc.com]
> Sent:	21 January 2000 14:15
> To:	'XML Dev'
> Subject:	RE: Alternatives to the W3C
> 
> What short memories this industry has.  I can remember programming
> GUI-like
> interfaces on MS DOS 1.0.  I didn't have a mouse, of course, but I had
> dialog boxes, menus, etc.  It wasn't much fun manually drawing boxes 1
> pixel
> at a time, but we did it.  The platform at the time was 8088 with 256K
> RAM.
> 
> Don't automatically reach for the technology when a little creative
> thinking
> and effort can do the job instead.  As my old woodwork teacher used to
> say,
> "It's a poor workman who blames his tools."
> 
> Brandt Dainow
> bd at internet-etc.com
> Internet Etc Ltd
> http://www.internet-etc.com
> 
> 
> >In our case, the front-end clearly *is* critical - what they want
> >(window-like in MS windows or X-Windows interfaces like they had in
> >client-server) can only be done using the latest technologies.
> ></quote>
> >
> >???
> >
> >cheers
> >steven
> >
> >Steven Livingstone
> >Glasgow, Scotland.
> >07771 957 280 or +447771957280
> >
> >Pro XML
> >http://www.wrox.com/Consumer/Store/Details.asp?ISBN=1861003110
> >Professional Site Server 3, Wrox Press
> >http://www.wrox.com/Consumer/Store/Details.asp?ISBN=1861002696
> >Professional Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition, Wrox Press
> >http://www.wrox.com/Consumer/Store/Details.asp?ISBN=1861002505
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:	Ann Navarro [SMTP:ann at webgeek.com]
> >> Sent:	20 January 2000 16:19
> >> To:	Steven Livingstone, ITS, SENM; 'XML Dev'
> >> Subject:	RE: Alternatives to the W3C
> >>
> >> At 04:05 PM 1/20/00 +0000, Steven Livingstone, ITS, SENM wrote:
> >> >I think you're missing the point. Are you a content developer or
> >> application
> >> >developer? From your responses I'd say content (E-Commerce
> >based sites
> >> for
> >> >me are in the main content based sites where you can click
> >"buy-me" - not
> >> >applications) where I agree your site should be built for multiple
> >> browser
> >> >types.
> >> >
> >> >I develop weblications. I don't develop for the latest
> >innovations just
> >> >because I want to be on the cutting edge. It is practical.
> >>
> >>
> >> No, I'm not missing the point.
> >>
> >> If you develop for the *convenience* of the developer,
> >you're missing your
> >> own point -- serving your customers.
> >>
> >> Ann
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> >>
> >>
> >
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