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> Also, no one really cares about network support anymore, because it's simpler and better to just do a screen share. [citation needed] Let me guess, you live
by fao_ 7y ago
> Also, no one really cares about network support anymore, because it's simpler and better to just do a screen share.
[citation needed]
Let me guess, you live in a city?
- Dylan16807 7y agoAre you implying something about connection quality? Because in my experience X forwarding degrades very quickly when you lower connection quality, much faster than other options.
- sprash 7y agoThat depends on the toolkit. GTK first renders everything remotely and then transmits the final pixmap to the server. It also has multiple unecessary rountrips on every event which amplifies the lag even further. On the other hand xlib toolkits like xathena widgets run blazingly fast even over modem style connections because all the drwaing happens server side and only a limited amount of drawing commands are transmitted over the network.
- zzo38computer 7y agoYes, and I think Xaw is much better, but that is just one reason for such thing.
- sprash 7y agoXaw is not suitable for modern applications. Essential features like radio buttons or combo boxes are not present. Text input boxes support almost all Emacs command keys but none a typical desktop user would expect and they don't support Unicode. It's a mess.
- jml7c5 7y agoNo need to be rude.
- fao_ 7y agoI wasn't being rude (At least I don't think I was? I'm sorry. Tone is difficult to communicate sometimes and my brain is fried) I was just asking if they had any evidence to back up their claims?
- jml7c5 7y agoIf it wasn't intended, then I am the one who should apologize to you! I read it as snarky, but tone is notoriously hard to get across through text. (And I've never been particularly good at figuring it out myself.) My apologies. :-)