Re: GUI without X11 / Artist Help

[Patrik Weiskircher]

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>> Also, apart from icons, is there a direction for the default GUI
>> interface? I saw some of the theming that will be/is available through
>> Camaelon -- has there been a clear consensus on keeping certain
>> NEXTSTEP
>> elements or moving to a more Mac look (ie: horizontal menubar versus
>> vertical floating bar, scrollbar on left/right)? Any feedback on that
>> would be helpful for redesiging the default GUI.
>
> This comes up from time to time on the list.  There are equally many
> usability and aesthetic points that could be cited in favor of either
> interface, Aqua or "Step".  Since Aqua is already being handled nicely
> by Apple, it's probably best to make GNUstep's default the
> alternative, instead of an imitation that will always pale compared to
> the original.  (In some ways it actually feels good to move from a KDE
> to a Windows machine, for example..)  Likewise for aping Gnome.  The
> development and continuing popularity of window managers such as
> WindowMaker and Afterstep suggests there is a user population that
> likes the Step theme.
>

First, let me tell you that I'm a very new GNUStep user, but I really
like it so far.
The only thing which bothers me is its rather dated look.
I'm just looking at the screenshot from Nicolas Roard with the new
icons, and I
have to admit that it looks pretty good.
But I still don't like the look of some of the widgets.
Are there any plans to change them?
Or, a better question, do you want them changed?

I'm not sure what I should make of all the comments written on
GNUStep.org.
It sounds more like you want to keep the look of the widgets as they
are.

Regards,
Patrik

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