Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add QEMU DirectFB display driver

[Anthony Liguori]

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.
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> Alex
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