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 VGA, visual development tools, and Windows 3.0 Brandt Dainow bd@i... Internet Etc Ltd http://www.internet-etc.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Steven Livingstone, ITS, SENM >[mailto:steven.livingstone@s...] >Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 2:44 PM >To: Brandt Dainow; 'XML Dev' >Subject: RE: Alternatives to the W3C > > >So what happened to DOS GUI-like applications? > >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: Brandt Dainow [SMTP:bd@i...] >> 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@i... >> 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@w...] >> >> 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 >> >> --- >> >> Just Released! - HTML BY Example >> >> Now shipping - Mastering XML >> >> Also in print: Effective Web Design: Master the Essentials >> >> >> >> Founder, WebGeek Communications http://www.webgeek.com >> >> Vice President-Finance, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org >> >> Director, HWG Online Education >> >> http://www.hwg.org/services/classes >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, >> mailto:xml-dev@i... >> Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ or >CD-ROM/ISBN >> 981-02-3594-1 >> Unsubscribe by posting to majordom@i... the message >> unsubscribe xml-dev (or) >> unsubscribe xml-dev your-subscribed-email@your-subscribed-address >> >> Please note: New list subscriptions now closed in >preparation for transfer >> to OASIS. >> >> >> >> xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... > Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ or CD-ROM/ISBN > 981-02-3594-1 > Unsubscribe by posting to majordom@i... the message > unsubscribe xml-dev (or) > unsubscribe xml-dev your-subscribed-email@your-subscribed-address > > Please note: New list subscriptions now closed in preparation for transfer > to OASIS. xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ or CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 Unsubscribe by posting to majordom@i... the message unsubscribe xml-dev (or) unsubscribe xml-dev your-subscribed-email@your-subscribed-address Please note: New list subscriptions now closed in preparation for transfer to OASIS. 
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