| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 11 Jan 2000 at 00:11:03 |
| Subject: | Re: MUI dead? |
From: Don Cox <doncox@enterprise.net>
On 10-Jan-00, Kolbj�rn Barmen wrote:
> I'm sure there are people who by now are jumping up and down on their
> soap boxes screaming that most of the above break old styleguides. No
> shit, perhaps time to redefine the AmigaOS styleguide to suit slightly
> more updated machines. One app on each screen is nice when all you
> have are small PAL/NTSC screens. Today I am not using screen like this
> anymore, all my pubscreens serve the same functionality as workspaces
> under <insert windowmanager here> on X, only a handfull apps are left
> for themselves, most of them are old hayday apps that has to be
> promoted to PAL/NTSC-alike screens anyways.
The imprtant thing is that under a good GUI with public screen support
you have the choice. One person have a new screen for every little
program, another can group them all onto 3 or 4 screens, or even run
everything on Workbench like a Mac.
No other OS has this flexibility, which IMO is essential for full
multitasking.
So yes, Reaction needs developing to at least the strength of MUI.
But existing MUI programs won't change, so we will need it for a long
time.
Regards
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