Richard, On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:26 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Heh. GNUstep's look is UGLY. The fact that I was a developer on > NeXT machines 20 years ago and that I am the maintainer should add > some weight to my opinion. > > I don't think so ... Software development expertise is no indicator of > aesthetic judgment. I don't expect my 4th Dan aikido qualification to add > weight to my judgment on macro economics for instance.
Perhaps you're right. ;) Though I don't necessarily agree with your analogy as it appears that Aikido should have nothing to do with Macro Economic where was my experience with NeXT and it's user interface does, but that's not important right now. :) I've used the NeXT platform for many years, as have we all and I suppose that's why I have the opinion I do. I suppose saying UGLY is too harsh, but dated is better. I, however, can only say from experience that when I was at SCALE in California that practically every person that approached me said that GNUstep looked old because of the default theme. Understand, I am not proposing to get rid of it. I am simply saying that it gives a very bad impression. It looks like Tcl/Tk and that's what people think it is. Thus they believe it's OLD. > I have yet to see a system I like as much as NeXT step on a large screen, > though I grant that GNUstep looks clunky on low res and small screens. > That's just one personal preference. This is true. It does look good on large screens, and clunky on old ones. What I'm trying to drive towards is a theme everyone can agree on that doesn't look like the old NeXT theme. > Sent from my android device. GC -- Gregory Casamento GNUstep Lead Developer / OLC, Principal Consultant http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com http://ind.ie/phoenix/ _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
