Brian,
If X-Master did not have sets then I would agree with you and have Andreas
make it a Palm Preference application. However, since the sets are available
at the upper right of the screen then it complicates the UI a bit. Any other
thoughts?
Mike McCollister
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Mathis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:31 AM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Re: X-Master: free successor to Hackmaster
>
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Linke, Andreas wrote:
> > > although it is not hard to rewrite HackMaster (really), we really
> > > should not be introducing new apps that do similar things (yet
> > > do different things too)..
> >
> > Aaron, what's wrong with X-Master? It's freeware, and I'll send out the
> > sources to anyone who is interested. IMHO, there's really no need
> (except a
> > big ego:-) to write yet another trap management application...
>
> Don't underestimate the "big ego" thing. That's exactly why Linux is in
> the sorry state uit's in now. Everyone starts up a new project or
> distribution instead of putting effort into a currently existing project.
> All for ego.
>
> > I believe X-Master is already much more stable than EVPlugbase and
> > Hackmaster. If someone finds a bug, just let me know and I'll try to fix
> it.
> >
> > Now if only someone could come up with a really good name...
>
> I thought there was already a pretty good discussion here about the name.
> I think the goal for a name needs to be something that's simple and
> descriptive, not something that sounds cool or has cool letters in it for
> the sake of having cool letters ([XQZ] = cool letters). "Datebook" is a
> good example.
>
> As for a name, what does it do? It manages traps. "TrapManager"
>
> Want to insulate the user from the dirty details of the system (what's a
> trap?): "ExtensionManager". Dave mentioned though that there's some
> mythical thing they already call extensions, so we might want to avoid
> this on. This is what Apple calls it though, afaik.
>
> "ModManager"?
>
> Also, maybe this should be a control panel, not another app.
>
>
> [...]
> > Andreas
> > http://linkesoft.com/english/xmaster/
>
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