[GUI] GUI meeting at ICFP?

[Axel Simon]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 02:09:37PM +0200, Daan Leijen wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> As you may know, the ICFP conference and Haskell workshop
> are held at the end of August in Uppsala, Sweden. I don't
> know how many of you will attend, but maybe we can organise
> a (small) meeting of people interested in GUI's over there
> and talk about the future of GUI's in Haskell. Maybe even
> as part of the Haskell workshop? 

Daan,

there is indeed the intention of discussing future GUI 
development for Haskell. Apologies that this is not more 
widely known. There will be a discussion at the end of the 
Haskell Workshop (the Future of Haskell discussion) and on 
Friday during the Haskell implementors meeting. I am there 
for more discussions on Saturday. I think Wolfgang Thaller 
is coming, I am not sure about David Sands (it's a long way 
for him).

For me the creation of a Common GUI API is still a goal, 
despite the fact that the discussion went quiet during the 
last months (due to high work load and motivation, at least 
on my side). In hintsight this was a very negative 
development as it encouraged people to follow their own 
convictions and implement their ideas in the hope that their 
approach is adopted by the masses.

I hope we will find some form of consensus. Probably not yet 
on an API but on how to proceed. I thought we reached that 
consensus in April when I gave a resumee on what the CGA is 
all about. The proposal was in turn based on the voices here 
on the mailing list.

In will try to propose some API to create application
windows which complies to the CGA goals. This could give 
more food for further discussions and the viability of the 
CGA approach.

I do indeed look forward to meet anybody interested in GUIs
and Haskell in Uppsala/Stockholm.

I'll see you there, Daan!

Cheers,
Axel.