[Info-vax] OpenVMS graphics - once more

[Simon Clubley]

On 2015-08-24, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> Well, we all know that I don't get out much, but, it's my impression there are 
> not decent graphics on VMS.  HW and Software.  Now, it's also my impression that 
> a browser is going to expect graphics.
>

Don't confuse basic 2D graphics with hardware accelerated graphics.

Playing a high resolution video or other rich multimedia content could
be a problem on VMS, but your basic normal 2D website browsing should
not be.

> So, the first step isn't any part of a browser, it's the infrastructure that a 
> browser will expect.
>
> I'd much rather have a good TCP/IP, and SSL, and IPSEC, and ....

Strongly agree. There may be a role on VMS for a basic browser for any
system management stuff but leave the hardware accelerated graphics
stuff for a more suitable platform.

Simon.

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