[Tutor] question

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> But this metaphor is only somewhat correct.  If the whole
> point of the app is to do graphical stuff, and the interface
> is core to its functionality, then it's too dismissive to
> call it "cosmetic".  That being said, all the interface
> widgets in the world don't an interesting app make -- it's
> gotta actually DO something (right?).

I recall the look I got from a client once when trying to explain 
why his heavily batch oriented server based project was costing 
so much with so little to show for it - basically there were 
just some primitive admin screens as a GUI.

I pointed out he was getting as much code as was in Excel 
its just that Excel was all glitter and gloss on top of what 
was basically a pocket caclulator replicated many times, 
whereas he was getting a wild west style facade onto a 
full blown factory.

His expression as he tried to think of Excel as being 
"just a pocket calculator" was a picture (It was a 
rather tongue in cheek explanation I must confess! :-)

Alan g.