[Zope] Some ideas about the future of Zope products...

[Bill Anderson]

On 27 Mar 2001 10:08:37 +0200, Philippe Jadin wrote:
> > I only read the extract, but...
> > I disagree. If you are delivering content via Zope then you sort
> > of have a point. Isn't that what the CMF is supposed to do?  When
> > writing an application, I 'want' to build my own UI. It should
> > definitely not be part of the core to a point where I have to use
> > it.
> 
> I agree that there are some occasions when you need your own UI, but for the
> most common *backend* tasks, a standard UI is sufficient. Moreover, I
> introduce in the article the concept of skins : you define your own gui, and
> you apply it to the definition file of your product. This would give
> sharable UI among all your products (even the standard zope products of
> course). This would be a lot more flexible. And having a standard UI to
> start quick product prototyping would certainly not hurt.
> 
> Sorry if the extract choosen was not totally self-speaking.


CMF already has skins that do that. :^)=