On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:05:11 -0400 Fred Gleason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howdy Folks: > <snip> > However, I'm now beginning to wonder if in our collective disdain for such > environments we are not doing a disservice to our users. These environments > were created precisely so as to aid in the creation of the "polish" that many > seem to feel is badly needed right now, Most of this polish is aimed at office style work which is vastly different from adio production. I simply have no need for my diskrecorder to interoperate with my calender or spreadsheet. > particularly the whole issue of user interface consistency across multiple apps. In the audio world there is quite a string move away from this. Witness all the cool custom GUI plugins on Win32 and Mac. > As best as I can recall, the > objections I have seen on this list to supporting these desktops have been as > follows: <snip> > Any other potential downsides? The main problem I see is that the extra features of KDE and GNOME chew up CPU grunt and RAM that would be better spent doing audio. In current desktop systems we are nowhere near the point where we can afford to waste these precious resources. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Reporter: "What do you think of Western Civilisation?" M.K. Gandhi: "I think it would be a good idea."
