[cap-talk] OOUI

[John Carlson]

On Apr 7, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Jed Donnelley wrote:
>
> If what you're saying is that the missing piece is the underlying
> OO infrastructure then we are in perfect agreement.
>
> I believe the power box UI can apply to any object (not just a file)
> and to any domain separated running programs (not just 'processes').
>
> I'm not sure what problem you are referring to.   Can you perhaps
> give an example of a needed OOUI that the power box model can't
> be applied to?

I really dislike GUIs where you have to mouse click down 4000 levels  
to get to the thing you want.  Where's a good example of a power box  
that works on MaCOSX Leopard?  I'd like one that works like bash.  Is  
this possible?  What is the typical syntax for a typing power box?   
Perhaps I need to look at Plash again and Petnames for the first time.

If we are using the power box on an XML document, where are the  
capabilities stored?  Is this what Alan is doing?

Yes, I have written a web program which explored programs stored in  
relational fashion in files.   Traversing linked lists or nested  
structures is a royal pain in the patootie.  If someone has some hints  
about how to make variables easier to access while debugging Eclipse,  
it would be most welcome (don't use things like List<List<Foo>>?).

Is there XPath and XQuery for power boxes yet?  That would give me  
some motivation to learn XPath and XQuery.

John