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- From: amipb@amipb.gna.org (Philippe Berard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Trying to find the perfect morpher
- Message-ID: <amipb.03l4@amipb.gna.org>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 23:11:21 GMT
- Organization: IWANIMA
- Lines: 56
- X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
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- In article <1992Nov17.181654.17651@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:
- >
- > 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.
-
- Okay, Tim, I surely got nervous a little bit too fast ;-)
-
- > 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.
-
- I know there are great peoples in the CATS, but I think they don't have
- enough time to do what's really needed. We're currently developping
- a GUI with all (and more) functionnalities that I told you about.
-
- > > 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.
-
- You're 90% right, the other 10% goes for me ;-) I think some people
- are really thinking about the GUI, and the best example I know is
- Gold Disk's FontManager with it's popup menus and images in the
- gadgets...
-
- > 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.
-
- But why does CBM stay in the StoneAge ? A global icon interface wouldn't
- be so hard to make, and using a graphist to change the look of the
- icons wouldn't be that lot of work. I know Chris Green is often here,
- in c.s.a.graphics, can you give your opinion on that, Chris ???
-
- > 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.
-
- You've got my excuses... :^)
-
- -- Philippe
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