From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id XAA29464 for caml-redistribution; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:30:59 +0100 (MET) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA09534 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 20:21:10 +0100 (MET) Received: from kronstadt.transbay.net (ip55243.transbay.net [209.133.55.243]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA15744 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 20:20:41 +0100 (MET) Received: (from itz@localhost) by kronstadt.transbay.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id LAA17974; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:14:07 -0800 Sender: weis To: Gerd.Stolpmann@darmstadt.netsurf.de Cc: Markus Mottl , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: The Ocaml Link Database References: <199902121057.LAA19129@miss.wu-wien.ac.at> <99021318122500.18272@schneemann> From: Ian T Zimmerman Date: 14 Feb 1999 11:13:40 -0800 In-Reply-To: Gerd Stolpmann's message of Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:32:56 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Gerd Stolpmann writes: > I have already received feedback about the user interface of the > database: > - Is it ok to use frames for the UI? Of course, the current > functionality is so simple that an interface without frames would be > possible. Perhaps we should at least provide a frameless interface > for queries only. Definitely provide a frameless interface both for querying _and_ for making entries. Here's one X-less enthusiastic Ocaml user. > - Perhaps the entries should be arranged like a spreadsheet, and > not as a list of items I'd rather not, as w3 (which is what I use to access the Web) doesn't do a good job of rendering tables, either. But, arguably, this is simply a deficiency in my browser rather than a platform constraint :-( -- Ian T Zimmerman I came to the conclusion that what was wrong about the guillotine was that the condemned man had no chance at all, absolutely none. Albert Camus, _The Outsider_