On February 10, 2005 2:29 pm, Raphael Bosshard wrote: Well I guess I should join the fun and put in my 2 cents.
> First of all; I would welcome a new icon theme, as I would a new default > look. I like the OpenStep-Framework and enjoy programming in > Objectiv-C. But it just makes no fun if your applications look like > time-warped from the 80ies. IMHO, the UI itself is not dated at all. What makes GNUstep "ugly" are the icons themselves. I change mine to the old NeXTstep icons and it looks great (I know that shipping NeXTstep icons with GNUstep might not be feasible due to copyrights). Take a look at a NeXTstep desktop and judge for yourself: http://www120.pair.com/mccarthy/nextstep/intro.htmld/ > However; what I really would like to see is the ability to use already > existing icon themes, GNOME icon themes, KDE, whatever. A lot of work > could be saved this way and especially GNOME has some fine icon themes. Choice is good, I myself much prefer the Dover clipart style NeXTstep icons. > What I also would like to see is some further development in the OS X > direction. OS X is currently considered the most advanced user > interface. Matter of opinion. At first I found the interface striking. However, after using it for a while, I found the auto resizing icons in the dock and the eye candy distracting. One of my interests is to check out different GUI's. The most usable ones that I have found so far are NeXTstep and Desqview/X. > The top-screen menubar is one thing but there are other issues. Top menubars and other horizontal menubars are fine until you try using it on a large screen. > I don't suggest that GNUStep should try to become Aqua on Linux. GNUStep > has a personality. But similary to humans, user interfaces can evolve, > without loosing that personality. IMHO I think we should follow the Openstep guidelines when it comes to default looks on different platform- NeXTstep (classic or updated) for L/Unix, and native look for Windows and Mac. Of course I am not against the idea of theme bundles- choice is good. Charles
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