I hadn't actually thought about using the web. It is an intriguing prospect though. In fact, I would jump on it, except for one thing.

Slow response time. That is, unless I'm using something fancy (defined as, it doesn't work in w3m (or lynx), my main web browser), I don't know of a way to do the rapid response you get from a GUI or TUI interface.

One of the main ideas I'm toying around is a current playlist (er, the playlist is generated by rules automatically) displayed. You could then arrow down to a point where you don't like a song, and go "BANG", and the playlist would be regenerated from that point. Of course, you may need to do this repeatedly or in sucession many times down the list (the idea is that the program gets better as guessing what you want, but you may be picky at the moment, or it just may not have learned yet).

With a web site that would be a major hinderance in UI speed. If you used something like Java I guess you could remove that problem, but then you are also throwing out my precious w3m :) .

But, I could be over-reacting and/or I could choose a different design. So, I'll reiterate that I like this idea and I'll give it serious consideration.

Perhaps, even, it would be nice to simply have multiple interfaces? That is, the web server that just communicates to the mp3-server program. Similarlly a gtk or curses (or even telnet) could also talk to the mp3-server and give it commands?

Thanks again,
Gryn

In reply to Web-it? (Re: (jcwren) RE: The Sweat and Grime of GUI) by gryng
in thread Where oh where to start (looking) by gryng

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