| From: | Xavier Messersmith |
| Date: | 9 Jan 2000 at 22:59:51 |
| Subject: | Re: MUI, having nothing to do with OS3.5 |
From: Xavier Messersmith <xcaliber@xav.to>
On 09-Jan-00, Uffe Holst wrote:
> In a message of 09-Jan-00 Xavier Messersmith wrote:
>> Kinda rude to not release revisions of something that a few people have paid
>> for. (even if some people hate it)
>
> Most programmers release betas to a closed group of people and not to the
> general public. This is the general approach and I can't see why it is
> rude.
I'm aware of the beta approach, however, after a few years of testing the next
step in the cycle is to release the product. And from what I read it
apparently skipped one release and jumped straight into the next beta. This
would be so annoying if MUI wasn't using the keyfile/continual upgrade
approach to distribution.
>> Its a shame that every internet program out there requires this program.
>> Especially since a custom GUI would be better sutied to alot of these
>> applications. (and that custom GUI probably wouldn't be so unstable too)
>
> I very much disagree with this. The more applications that uses MUI the
> better.
*SHUDDER*
> MUI is very powerful and offers me configurability to an extend
> that most probably wouldn't be reached by any custom GUI.
Is not MUI a custom GUI itsself? So how can a custom GUI not surpass MUI?
> Likewise it is
> a benefit to the users that all MUI applications uses the same interface
> for configuring the GUI - custom GUI's would have to be configured in
> different ways.
But would they need to be configured as often? I don't like the generic
super-GUI approach MUI has.
> Personally I find MUI to be one of the most important items on our
> platform.
As I find it the buggiest.
(next to the new icon.library, but I'll spare you the details. ;-)
> And a side note: I have absolutely no problems with instability and MUI.
> The only regular crashes that I experience is in my opinion contributed to
> Voyager and not in any way to MUI.
Look again.
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