Re: [9fans] Raw Input Driver

[roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com>]

2009/3/20 Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>:
> in the slow-network situation the thing you're responding to on the display
> might not be accurate (eg, feedback delayed) which low-level input merging
> won't address.

true, but that's something that's relatively easy for the user
to adjust to - most actions have an easily perceived visual
result, and if that hasn't happened, i won't initiate my
next action.

in fact it's a problem with any slow-responding UI,
which is where nemo's point about splitting things up
at a higher level comes in. and that's what (in an extremely
clunky way) the AJAX thing is all about too.

the problem with choosing a higher level of abstraction is that
the input event generators can't in general be agnostic about
what the mouse/keyboard/whatever are operating on,
so you end up with a smart client or split application,
which lack the same easy composability that you get
from plan 9's remote devices.