On 9/17/05, DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dislike "cross platform toolkits". I *like* the motif look and > feel.
(*grabs a bucket and begins to promptly vomit*) I absolutely abhor Motif. It's ugly, it's not screen real-estate conscious, the dialogs change size depending on its contents in real-time (e.g., file dialogs are *THE* worst offender with this), etc. If they could just refine the appearances of Motif a bit, that alone would vastly enhance its usability big-time. However, I'm still a massive fan of AmigaOS 2.x and MacOS-classic as far as user interfaces go. BUT, then again, there is only so many unique ways of implementing a radio button set or a menu. > I also think that different platforms should *behave* like > native applications; it's wrong to have a windows-based tool acting > like a unix application; it should be acting like all the other > windows applications. This is why I strongly advocate model/view/controller design pattern. The core software remains the same, but the UI-related code is completely factored from the guts. You want a console-only version of the software? It's possible, however sadistic it may be. > Besides, I think isolating the GUI from the core PCB logic may result > in cleaner core PCB logic. Oops, didn't read far enough ahead. :) -- Samuel A. Falvo II
