At 10:42 �� 11/3/2002, you wrote:

>At 04:36 AM 3/12/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>
>>You're satisfied with 512x256 as resolution? Wow, that's about the
>>size of a bunch of icons on my screen ;-)
>
>I don't use a desktop on the QL and really don't see a major need for a 
>desktop.  I use them at work (IRIX, Linux, Windows) and find them 
>moderately usefull.
>
>For the QL, I find Qascade fits my need to fire off programs.  Anyhow, I 
>feel a GUI is just there for me to open more shells :-).
>
>Tim Swenson

Tim,
A real desktop and a standard Look and Feel are required for modern 
computing platforms, it's both useful from an aesthetic view and from a 
usability point... Browsers, gfx programs... why don't we have these things 
on a QL? Ever tried to write something like that? I am currently and it's a 
real pain as the OS doesn't help at all, ProWesS could be of real help due 
to it's nice "connectivity" with its "API" but it's slow therefore 
impractical...


Phoebus

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