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- From: i.einman@genie.com (IAN J. EINMAN)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: MUI 3.2 vs. BGUI
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 06:16:06 GMT
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- Sender: i.einman@genie.com (IAN J. EINMAN)
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- Bob,
-
- >>But by the same token, what if a user already has BGUI? They wind up
- downloading a bunch of extra garbage over and over for every archive that
- contains everything.
-
- This is true, but the "bunch of extra garbage" is only one file, as opposed to my
- MUI 3.1 on my HD:
-
- "TOTAL: 355 files - 40 directories - 3021 blocks used"
-
- All I really need to have about 90% of MUI's features is the following:
-
- bgui.library 112620 ----rwed Ayer 12:02:39
- 1 file - 221 blocks used
-
- This file archives to about 50K, which isn't a big deal if part of a 250K package.
- The latest beta-testing versions of BGUI have a LOT of stuff new since the last
- public release. I've managed to do some pretty cool stuff with it, and in my
- opinion it is a good balance between the massive features of MUI that are accompanied
- by massive size, and the efficiency of gadtools, but total lack of power.
-
- I think BGUI is a very good alternative to MUI. I wouldn't suggest it for every case,
- some MUI applications NEED some of the extra features it provides. But BGUI would
- vastly improve most gadtools-based interfaces, with a minimum of "bloat" everyone
- so fears.
-
- I'm not against MUI at all, I just was pointing out that anyone who thinks it is the
- only useful GUI system, or that all other systems are useless, needs to get a clue.
- They are systems to aid PROGRAMMING, and for many programmers, MUI is just not their
- thing. BGUI is a nice system, and VERY easy to program as far as I'm concerned.
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