html interface to GRASS - was Re: New GRASSLinks site now running

[Simon Cox]

At 10:35 AM 24/11/95, Tom Moore wrote:
>I suppose that a hybrid solution would involve truly distributing
>the workload by having a smart server compressing information and
>delivering it to a smart client.

In a sense this is what is done with GRASSLinks - the "smart server"
runs Grass programs, "compresses the information" into a gif image,
and "delivers it to a smart client" who is running Netscape.
I realise that you actually mean something a bit more sophisticated,
but for now ...

A few things have come up regarding the html "forms" interface -
I wonder if anyone can suggest if in the future it will support

*  a "slider" or "dial" widget to select a value from a continuous spectrum
*  multiple clicks on an ismap image
*  nested elements in a single form
*  drag and drop ... (probably not)

Who is control of the html spec??

Simon Cox

___________________________________________________________
Dr Simon Cox                          __  \
CSIRO Exploration & Mining         ,~'  L_|\    Australian
39 Fairway, PO Box 437,         ;-'         \   Geodynamics
Nedlands, WA  6009  Australia   (            \  Cooperative
      Phone +61 9 284 8443      +    ___     /  Research
      Fax   +61 9 389 1906       L~~'   "\__/   Centre
simon at ned.dem.csiro.au                     W
AGCRC info>>   http://www.ned.dem.csiro.au/AGCRC/
___________________________________________________________