[mythtv] New UI control

Andrei Tanas andrei at tanas.ca
Wed Dec 12 17:23:50 UTC 2007


> > > Have developers considered implementing something like MacroMedia
> > > Flash-based UI? If this could be done, all the UI 3d effects,
> > transitions
> > > and whatnot could be scripted in themes that a lot of designers are
> > > proficient with, allowing a lot more flexibility. Is that possible
> at
> > all?
> >
> > Maybe it is but having flash demands something (usually a browser) to
> > render it and it has limited interfacing capabilities with other
> > languages and it's closed-source, therefore, evil :)
> 
> Flash can be integrated directly into application (the browser is also
> just
> an application after all), and there are GPL implementations of it:
> 
> http://gplflash.sourceforge.net/
> http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/

The question about whether it was possible was more about logistics, I
believe from technology point of view this can be done.



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