From: rwallace@Athena.MIT.EDU
Message-Id: <9308241630.AA11186@m66-080-12.MIT.EDU>
To: rdshydur@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: jpbonsen@Athena.MIT.EDU
Subject: GUIs for MOOs
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 12:30:01 EDT


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To: Emil Sit <esit@groups.sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
Cc: forrie@decvax.dec.com, moo-cows@parc.xerox.com, creilly@maths.tcd.ie
Subject: Re: GUI clients for MOO 
In-Reply-To: Message from Emil Sit 
                              dated today at 09:54.
Date: 	Mon, 23 Aug 1993 10:05:28 PDT
From: Colman Reilly <creilly@maths.tcd.ie>
Message-Id: <9308231805.aa21763@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>


     I think a major problem with this is that most M*s are connected to via
     telnets, in character based interfaces, rather than a direct dialin. I'm n
     ot sure how one would set-up a (for example) mswindoze interface thru (say)
     xtalk. Of course, you could write an x based client for those ppl who have
     an xterminal (slip connection, whatever), but it wouldn't be usuable
     by all.

Well a way around this suggests itself . . 

There exists a system called the World Wide Web, which is a distributed
information system. It cam support hypertext, including inlined graphics.

There are clients for all sorts of platforms coming on line, some of which
can work as slaves and some of which are text based.
     
So an easy way to do it is to write a client that just calls one of these
as a slave and passes it a reference to a hypertext document somewhere on
the web. 

     Of course, if someone DID write one..... :)

I'm working on it . . hypertext linked to your MOO anyone?

Colman
     
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