On Jun 23, 2009, at 10:55 PM, Dean Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Shawn Walker wrote:
Other X toolkits, in my (biased :-) opinion, are just reinventing
the
wheel (and many subtle bugs) with no real benefit to application
developers or end users.
Accessibility and modernisation integration are areas where Motif is
severely lacking.
The is just wrong, as the counter-example I posted previously shows.
I think you need to check your counter-example.
While there are accessibility solutions for Motif, they were
commercial at last check, and keyboard-centric in nature.
??? Keyboards are handled by the X Server.
In other words, hooks for voice readers, etc. or special, alternate
input devices are not dealt with properly or at all.
The IST in fact documents many of the limitations of section 508
compliance with their solution here:
http://www.ist.co.uk/mas/s508.html
Also consider that the last time OpenMotif was updated was in 2000.
Such a stagnant project speaks volumes about its future viability.
Err, no. OpenMotif was FIRST released free in 2000. Since then there
have been updates and releases by ICS and IST. Many free
distributions
But none from the OpenGroup website, whose sources still date from 2000.
contain OpenMotif. Google for 'open motif' brings up quite a bit.
Motifzone.com is creating releases and packages. Not exactly the 'dead
project' that you are making it out to be.
I assert that the 'official' release of OpenMotif is effectively dead
or abandoned by its original publisher.
So, respectfully, I must disagree.
Respectfully, I ask that you check your facts on Motif. I think you
will
find Motif much more interesting and viable than you previously
thought.
Sorry, but even as a programmer, my experiences with motif have been
less than pleasant. Please re-check your "counter" examples, as they
don't counter much of anything.
Anyway, I don't mean to go to far into a license digression or Motif
vs.
<other toolkit> flame war. Operating system distributions should
provide whatever toolkits they can. Lets leave it at that, and not
denigrate the toolkits we don't like.
It has nothing to do with liking or not, the facts are that motif is
outdated, effectively dead, and legacy.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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