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What is a "vanilla web interface"?

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Someone told me to look into "vanilla web interface". I have Googled it, but didn't find any relevant result, at least that was I thought. What is it?

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nunos Avatar asked Sep 27 '09 10:09

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The term "vanilla" usually refers to something that's plain and unadorned (from vanilla ice-cream) or perhaps simple (as in basic), so they're asking you to look into a "simple web interface" without any unnecessary complications.

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ChrisF Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 20:09

ChrisF