Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hyperreal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA14649; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:01:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sierra.zyzzyva.com (ppp0-sierra.zyzzyva.com [208.214.59.46]) by hyperreal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA14586 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:01:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sierra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sierra.zyzzyva.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id PAA06795 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 15:59:15 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199706122059.PAA06795@sierra.zyzzyva.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: GUI Development for Apache In-reply-to: brian's message of Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:43:29 -0700. X-uri: http://www.zyzzyva.com/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 15:59:15 -0500 From: Randy Terbush Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org > On Thu, 12 Jun 1997 rasmus@bellglobal.com wrote: > > It might be more interesting to concentrate on developing Apache to make > > it easier to build configuration tools. > > I support Rasmus's comments. Let's focus first on a GUI tool for > first-time users, then on one which will facilitate editing of > existing config files, which I think will be a lot harder to do. > > Brian I agree, but.. There is movement afoot to develop comprehensive interfaces. I think that it would be good if we can begin the discussion about what type of interface that we provide for whatever toolkit. This discussion seems very relevant to 2.0 as well. Mainly I would like to see if we as a group can bring together the effort that other people have started to develop an interface that we have had a hand in shaping.