MAMEWorld Forums - News - [Annc] MameUI64 .172 & snaps/icons released.

> > > Get MESSUI if you want that.
> >
> > Yes, I get MESSUI, but in the next questions I asked why the need of two GUI's for
> > that thing, why no integrate all in the same GUI?...
> >
>
> If MAMEUI is to continue that is what should happen, yes, and any bugs should be
> fixed.
>
> We merged the official projects, and it's been a resounding success I feel, we've
> seen more interest than ever in the various components.
>
> There have been some rather vocal people against it, and some who are taking time to
> fully understand it, but the general feeling I'm getting from people, and energy
> that's been injected into the project seems incredibly positive.
>
> If MAMEUI were an official part of the project we would have done exactly what is
> suggested when the merger happened, take the MOST CAPABLE of the codebases, and use
> that one.
>
> I think the issue here is, and it comes across very strongly in the comments, MAMEUI
> users are allergic to change, they want what they had, exactly how they had it,
> forever; there have been practically no compelling reasons put forward in this thread
> by most of the posts (one or two good posts, that's it)
>
>
> I did some research of my own on the subject a while back, and ended up with similar
> results, in the end the conclusion was that most users wanted a 100% native windows
> application in a single application so that they could always update just by copying
> a single file.. That was actually rather worrying because even now that's the worst
> possible way to update.

I agree. I gues that what people want is a unique program that combines the emulation side (MAME) with a very use-friendly, complete, flexible enough and easy to use frontend (QMC2). Actually this combination is very powerful and flexible at the same time, and a combination of these two in one package would be nice to see someday.

However, QMC2 handles configuration settings in a way that may not please everybody. It can be somewhat painful at first to set it properly and it doesn't like you to keep messing aroung with the configuration paths. That said it is a mature, solid frontend for MAME, way better than both mameui/messui put together IMO.

I do respect both mameui/messui projects as well, I've used both in the past and I enjoyed them for some time, but today I prefer QMC2 hands down.

For the update side of the story, if the MAME/QMC2 combination comes to be one single massive project, it could feature a 'check for updates' button just like many Windows programs, where you click the button and the program goes to a specific URL, downloads the latest files to your machine and perform the update automatically, removing old unecessary files and replacing them with new ones. Just my 2cents here.

Edited by Roger Coltrane (04/08/16 02:47 PM)