nyknum1 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 what's a frontend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME! Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 a frontend is a "gui", or, a general user interface. it would be added to a command line based program to make it easier to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT2256 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 yeah for example MAME is a command line program and you can use frontends instead of using the command line if it is too hard for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknicknickandnick Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 In case you are not familiar with "command line", that has to do with how computing was done on PCs before Windows. You used MS-DOS which shows C:>_and you type commands there.A front-end is an extra program to make it simpler to use an MS-DOSprogram. With a front-end, you can get windows with menus and other helpful interface stuff when you use the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyknum1 Posted July 17, 2003 Author Share Posted July 17, 2003 oh okay, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairytash Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 But the term is also used to describe a launcher program (Nestea for example) which can list the roms in a given directory, show a screenshot and launch an emulator with the rom ready loaded.Or the term can be applied to a truly amazing program like thishttp://3darcade.mameworld.net/index2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Ahem I'd just like to correct ME!.GUI = Graphic User Interface(Cause I'm a pain in the @$$ like that, and I like others to know the truth ) Oh and read my signature dude! Your thread title is hard on yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyknum1 Posted July 20, 2003 Author Share Posted July 20, 2003 Oh and read my signature dude! Your thread title is hard on yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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