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Re: More on MUI (Was: Miami - a new TCP/IP stack for Internet access)

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From: JR Friesen
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 18:25
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Everett M. Greene (mojaveg@ridgecrest.ca.us) wrote:
: And it's possible to produce a moderately complex GUI in 15 minutes
: using GadToolsBox and other such tools.

	Agreed.  

: I believe the issue is imposing MUI on reluctant individuals for

	You always have a shell.  I'm sure that works as well.

: something which is used once when configuring Miami.  What can be
: so exotic about a one-shot configuration operation that it needs
: a complex GUI support system?

	Maybe it's simply a choice.  

: There is also the argument about what the potential customers
: really want -- functionality or a pretty GUI?  In a case such as
: Miami, I couldn't care less (within reason) about the appearance
: of the one-time configuration operations.

	Exactly, so what's your point?  You can live with a MUI 
config app?  Hurray!

Take care,
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From: lucretia@spots.ab.ca (JR Friesen)
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Subject: Re: More on MUI (Was: Miami - a new TCP/IP stack for Internet access)
Date: 21 Apr 1996 18:25:51 GMT
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