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- In a message dated 05 Feb 96, gary@canit.se wrote to All:
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- gcs>>> Compared to standard gadtools? A _lot_. :) Now let me see, just the
- gcs>>> non- programming stuff, then. ;) The GUI configuration is great, no
- >> NO STUPID, COMPARED TO BGUI! That's what we were discussing you know.
- >> Or are you trying to scurry your way out of this, are you? ;)
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- gcs> Oh, no, I just don't know enough about BGUI to make such a comparison,
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- But you can say that BGUI is bloated, without knowing too much about it, huh?
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- gcs> sorry. But I think I can list some things that I _think_ BGUI lacks. :)
- gcs> How about multi column lists, drag and drop, Virtual groups,
- gcs> disappearing objects, dynamic adding/removing of objects, proportional
- gcs> gadgets in window borders, eh... There's a lot more. :)
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- * Multi Column lists Available by hooking the listview
- * Drag'N'Drop Implemented in the latest three(?) betas
- * Virtual Groups Was considered, but will probably not appear
- * Dynamic adding/removing Implemented
- * Prop gadgets in borders Implemented in latest beta, also for ANY
- kind of gadget.
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- ...go on, what more? Oh yeah, disappering objects, what's that? I've never
- heard of it (I think).
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- >> Yes, I think MUI3 is an entirely different beast than MUI2, but it's
- >> still memory-hungry as hell (fight the PC-syndrome! :). Now, what fancy
- >> settings can I turn off to prevent it from loading all those libraries?
- >> Tell me.
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- gcs> That's not the question, the question is what features wouldn't you
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- That IS the question! You stated that I could turn off some fancy settings
- and it wouldn't grab as much memory etc, etc... So go ahead and tell me, or
- admit that you can't answer it.
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- gcs> want to have in MUI. As far as I can see, no code is bloated, so if you
- gcs> want less memory to be used, you'd have to remove features.
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- Fine with me. We can start with the excessive configurability, that should
- cover a lot of it. I'm not against features, but HOW THE H*LL can MUI use up
- so much memory doing pretty much the same thing BGUI does, when BGUI uses apx
- 100k?! "Improved Memory-Management" my ass! Compared to WHAT?!
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- /\ \// Peter Bornhall bornhall@karkis.canit.se
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- /_\\//_\ Amiga, boldly going where no computer has gone before!
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