At 08:39 PM 1/10/2012, jhall wrote: > >> I encourage you to look around for what's there, and see if you can > >> move any of them forward. OpenGEM shows a lot of promise, but the > >> graphics are dated and could use a refresh. Since it's GNU GPL, I > >> imagine you could borrow from another GPL'd desktop environment, such > >> as GNOME. > > > > I don't think neither that this is feasible nor that this would make > > too much sense. GNOME (or KDE, Xfce, <insert your favorite Linux > > window manager of the day here> for that matter) are all just like X > > Windows from their structure Unix/Linux based. Trying to force that > > on a single tasking DOS, with limited resources probably requires > > more resources/work than trying to somewhat modernize GEM. > > > >I should have been more clear. I meant to suggest reusing graphics >elements (icons) from Gnome to refresh the look of OpenGEM. I didn't >mean to suggest borrowing code from Gnome to update functionality of >OpenGEM. As you said, these come from totally different >architectural backgrounds, so straight-up reuse of code is not a >good use of time.
Ok, that is a slightly different issue. Though a bit of a chicken and egg problem, all those fancy icons, etc won't do you much good if you don't have the graphics drivers to display them... In my personal view, less is sometimes more and I take functionality over glitter any day... ;-) That was also one of the things that prevented me from taking that Seal stuff serious, they were more concerned to "borrow" fancy icons from Windows XP than actually getting things (application, real ones, not just some simply games) working... >I had a conversation along these lines with Shane once, about the >graphics, and he pointed me to a dev tool in OpenGEM that would >convert graphics for use as GEM icons. I think it's been there since OpenGEM5. Do you have any info what happened to Shane/the OpenGEM project, the whole "disappearance" happened a bit quick and starring for several years now at the site that proclaims "Something exciting is coming soon" is a bit of a drag :-( ... Ralf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
