Re: Soft we should probably have: maxwell
On Fri, Jul 10, 1998 at 02:04:59AM -0400, Shaleh wrote:
> > There was talk on the gnome list pondering if it should be ported to Gtk or
> > Gnome.
>
> Frankly this bothers me. We do not need every app ported to QT, GTK, or
> whatever. We especially do not need the GNOME specific GTK. Please
> everyone -- make it so people can use your app regardless of what else
> the user runs. I like running Xlib, Xt, lesstiff, motif, gtk, fltk
> apps. Gives me variety. I left Windows because everything looked the
> same. Got rather damn boring.
A common user interface is what turns X, a windowing system,
into a GUI or desktop. Windows is intuitive because every program
works the same way. Motif, for example, is a user interface; X is not,
it is just the underlying mechanism.
Hamish
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