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- From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
- Subject: Re: Trying to find the perfect morpher
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.181654.17651@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:16:54 GMT
- Lines: 54
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- In article <amipb.039b@amipb.gna.org> amipb@amipb.gna.org (Philippe Berard)
- writes:
-
- > Yes, of course. And now it's 3.0, Tim. And how many things have
- > changed since 3.0 (except for more optimized graphics routines) ?
-
- No one is questioning the fact that the GUI could use some improvements
- in both the aesthetic and performance domains. You're misappropriating
- the original point: a sizeable number of users have indicated that they
- would prefer a 2.0 compliant interface which makes use of the 2.0 look
- and feel as opposed to those in current use. Whether this is optimal or
- even preferable from a programmer's point of view is largely irrelevant.
-
- > Don't get me wrong, this is a good GUI, but this is not the reference.
-
- No, this is entirely the point of this discussion. In order to improve the
- professionality of the software environment, you have to conform to some
- semblance of a standard. Far too much emphasis is being placed on downward
- compatibility with 1.3. As a result, we have a multitude of customized
- GUI's, none of which even closely approximates anything better than 2.0.
- The main concern is the presentation of the program at this point, not
- whether the instrinsic functions are the most elegant.
-
- > Now we have good high resolutions, why does CBM...
- > etc... etc...
-
- Why don't you ask CATS for responses to these answers? And for that matter,
- development of the GUI should be done in tandem with developers. There's
- nothing preventing anyone from contributing to its evolution.
-
- > Of course not. But why do so many companies write their own GUI ? That's
- > because even the 2.0 GUI lacks some useful features like some I've
- > described above.
-
- No, because they started development under 1.3, and feel that this is a
- compromise to maintain compatibility without creating a specific 2.0
- version. Very few of the customized GUIs on the market offer anything that
- can't be accommodated just as well and generally more efficiently under
- 2.0/3.0.
-
- > GadTools is slow, GadTools is ugly. Have you ever seen a NeXT ? This is
- > THE reference.
-
- I'll agree, the NeXT GUI is excellent. But it did not carry the baggage of a
- previous GUI around either. They learned from the benefits and mistakes of
- others, and established strict standards. There is no reason why Workbench
- couldn't be just as nice.
-
- > Did you ever programmed something with GadTools ? If you're saying GadTools
- > is great, then you're the first developper I know that say that.
-
- I've never claimed GadTools was great, but 2.0 is definitely better than 1.3.
- You have to learn to crawl before you can walk.
-
-