Comments on: System Interfaces, part one. http://peawee.net/2007/05/06/system-interfaces-part-one/ peawee's funky little corner of the internet Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:34:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Peawee http://peawee.net/2007/05/06/system-interfaces-part-one/#comment-551 Peawee Mon, 07 May 2007 17:05:06 +0000 http://peawee.net/2007/05/06/system-interfaces-part-one/#comment-551 But as we discussed over jabber, a lot of software on Unix systems nowadays do not follow that method of operation (yes, mainly these GUI-based systems, only on Unix this time) BTW: Mrh? But as we discussed over jabber, a lot of software on Unix systems nowadays do not follow that method of operation (yes, mainly these GUI-based systems, only on Unix this time)

BTW: Mrh?

]]> By: bytex64 http://peawee.net/2007/05/06/system-interfaces-part-one/#comment-545 bytex64 Mon, 07 May 2007 09:04:21 +0000 http://peawee.net/2007/05/06/system-interfaces-part-one/#comment-545 Arguably, that's what UNIX was trying to do with "everything is a file." While it isn't really the same things as db clients/server, you could say that text files are your "common data set" manipulatable with tools like vi, sed, awk, and friends. (One of the common tutorials for UNIX noobs is creating a phone book "database," then creating simple scripts to get data into and out of it) You could further say that XML is an evolution of this idea, more easily allowing streams of data to be manipulated by computers while still maintaining sanity for the humans who have to herd it. (I would, of course, smack you if you said that) This "data sharing" concept is one of the hallmarks of powerful systems, and it's good to see that a modern GUI-based system gets it. Now if they can only fix their click-to-focus model. :P Arguably, that’s what UNIX was trying to do with “everything is a file.” While it isn’t really the same things as db clients/server, you could say that text files are your “common data set” manipulatable with tools like vi, sed, awk, and friends. (One of the common tutorials for UNIX noobs is creating a phone book “database,” then creating simple scripts to get data into and out of it) You could further say that XML is an evolution of this idea, more easily allowing streams of data to be manipulated by computers while still maintaining sanity for the humans who have to herd it. (I would, of course, smack you if you said that)

This “data sharing” concept is one of the hallmarks of powerful systems, and it’s good to see that a modern GUI-based system gets it.

Now if they can only fix their click-to-focus model. :P

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