[openi18n-im:01233] Re: Feature discussion heat starting from..

MIYASHITA Hisashi (宮下 尚:HIMI) wrote:
> At Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:06:55 +0900,
> Jens Petersen wrote:
>>I think it would also be desirable to have a aux gui library
>>to make it as easy as possible for LE writers to add a basic
>>aux to their LEs and give them all a common look'n'feel.
>>Ideally if it were extensible enough it should be used as
>>the basis of all aux's or am I dreaming? :)
> 
> It's not a dream but we have already similar mechanisms in so-called
> "rich client" world.  No matter how we invent a new appropriate abstraction of
> such GUIs for IM, it's worth proposing the new GUI library for AUX as you said.
> But I think it will be similar to the general-purpose framework particulary for
> "auxiliary object" and eventually a reinvention of the wheel.
> I think it's a good time to consider to adopt generic platform-neutral rich client
> system such as XUL for IIIMF.  Although XUL is maybe an overkill, it will be
> an open standard in OASIS and seems sufficient for our purpose.

I was move thinking in terms of an high-level API (over whatever toolkit(s))
exposed to LEs that would make it very easy to have an aux gui,
but I guess XUL could indeed work for this.  I don't know, does XUL exist as a
separate gui toolkit currently?

Jens