# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-09-16 17:07:21
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=44330.msg529172#msg529172

RE: cannot act as a RPC client: @p{par}

I believe it will still be able to act as a RPC server. @p{par}

So you can run the GUI with the -server switch, but you'll have to talk to it using (for example) @p{brk}
  bitcoind getinfo @p{par}

... as opposed to today, where you can run "bitcoin -server" to get the GUI and then run "bitcoin getinfo" to talk to the running GUI process. @p{par}

RE: why switch:  because no wxwidgets programmers stepped up and made it better.  And from what I can see, QT is more popular and supported (so there are more programmers able and willing to help improve). @p{par}

RE: screen shots:  See the bitcoin-qt thread in the Alternative Clients sub-forum here. @p{brk}