Em Seg 25 Jul 2005 10:13, harry eaton escreveu: > >> Its somewhat disappointing to see usability take a second place to > >> eye candy. > >> I suspect it wouldn't be noticeable on a faster machine but I'd > >> rather not have needless software "enhancements" dictate when I buy > >> new hardware. > > The Athena versions still exists and it's still very capable. > Personally I haven't seen too much improvement in functionality with the > GTK port > however it allows for much easier development of improved features. I know > I spent a lot of time working on stupid interface things like sticky menus > and list > widgets with Athena. > > One think that GTK will allow easy implementation of is OpenGL alpha > transparency in > the drawing. For those without accelerated graphics you'll hate it, but it > will be a great > improvement for those with fast hardware.
The future is now, and an opengl card is cheap (even in my country). I really have no words when I see the 3d rendering of a board in the Kicad, and sometimes that is really usefull. gEDA and PCB are professional tools and I really dont think that a pre-requisite to them is to run on old machines. MHO, of course.
