Re: Clash of the Titans, GNUstep alongside GNOME

[Rogelio M. Serrano Jr.]

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On 2005-11-26 14:22:25 +0800 Thom Cherryhomes
<thom.cherryhomes@gmail.com> wrote:


> it is worth noting that YES, a colour change would go part of the way
> to avoid the clash, but it doesn't solve some of the
> (1) the BIG APPICON THAT DOESN'T FIT ANYWHERE

Of course its not intended to live in a taskbar nor is it aware of
taskbars. Its meant to be big so you see it. a lot of small icons in
taskbar can become confusing. Same as the windows taskbar with 20
small icons. I just cant find what im looking for.

> (2) the BIG vertical menu that sticks out like a sore thumb amongst
> the horizontal menu bars

That menu is intended to be just that a vertical menu and its not
meant to fit in any other menu scheme. Its supposed to popup wherever
you right click and just roll down to the proper menu item. I find
that much better than doing a precision strike on the tiny icons on
the top menubar in gnome. Or any other horizontal menubar.

> (3) the fact that the widgets look much less refined and sleek than
> their gnome counterparts (before you say anything, I will make the
> point that ClearLooks is _NOW_ The default packaged look with GNOME
> 2.12.)

Thats exactly the way its intended to look. Well that can be improved
actually. I think some people are experimenting with those. Im more
concerned of other things right now. Maybe after
gnustep-on-cairo-on-modular-xorg-on-standalone-gl is already stable on
uclibc.

The two just cant exist together. Your idea of a good desktop is not
gnustep. Its better if you stick to the gnome design and it doesnt
matter if its written in c, c++, or objc or whatever language or
combination of languages.

My idea of a good desktop follows along the nextstep design and thats
it. Did Steve Jobs intend nextstep to be a good citizen of other
desktops? I dont think so. I dont know about openstep but it seems
that its not a good citizen of other desktops too. Maybe thats why
next was never able to make a sustainable business on it.

Sorry for the total absence of CamelCase. I find it totally confusing.
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