From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33150 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OE9DE-00058W-WA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2010 18:55:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OE9D8-0005Xp-1Q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2010 18:55:04 -0400 Received: from mail-vw0-f45.google.com ([209.85.212.45]:59620) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OE9D7-0005Xj-Uh for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 17 May 2010 18:54:58 -0400 Received: by vws1 with SMTP id 1so1335404vws.4 for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 15:54:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BF1C93B.70603@codemonkey.ws> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 17:54:51 -0500 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add QEMU DirectFB display driver References: <1273766038-16808-1-git-send-email-julian.pidancet@citrix.com> <201005160210.25323.paul@codesourcery.com> <4BF1A4FF.4020401@redhat.com> <4BF1A7C9.8030807@codemonkey.ws> <4BF1B866.3030605@codemonkey.ws> <4BF1C736.5030309@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Alexander Graf Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Paul Brook , Julian Pidancet , Gerd Hoffmann On 05/17/2010 05:49 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >>> Then we could still offer a separate SDL based viewer that could do the same things it does now. But we'd also open up the gate for a whole new integration level with possible GUIs. >>> >>> >> You could, but I think it introduces more complexity which just is going to get in the way of building a good GUI. >> > The main benefit I see by taking an always-vnc approach would be that everything becomes 100% networkable. There's nothing getting in your way because you're doing things on a remote machine. And you even get the same look&feel you got from the local connection because it's the same tool connecting you. > My current thinking with GUIs is that network transparency is more trouble than it's worth. The problem is, simple things end up being overly complicated. You can't just pop up a file dialog box to select a new CD-ROM ISO because you can't browse files on a remote machine. Instead, you need to have something like a "pool" concept or something like that. Regards, Anthony Liguori > But yeah, maybe it does add too much complexity. I don't know. > > > Alex > >