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Re: Look and Feel
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Jesse Ross |
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Re: Look and Feel |
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Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:31:36 -0600 |
On Feb 10, 2005, at 11:54 PM, Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
On 10 Feb 2005, at 23:33, Raphael Bosshard wrote:
Jeremy Tregunna wrote:
On 10-Feb-05, at 2:29 PM, Raphael Bosshard wrote:
[snip]
First of all; I would welcome a new icon theme, as I would a new
default look. I like the OpenStep-Framework and enjoy programming
in Objectiv-C. But it just makes no fun if your applications look
like time-warped from the 80ies.
They're not that bad.
No, they are not. I'm exaggerating. But truth is that I don't see any
differences between the GNUStep version (it was 0.2 something I
think) that was shipped with my first GNU/Linux CD back in '97. Back
than, the focus was to recreate OPENStep for Linux. But a lot of
things have changed since.
I know that GNUStep has the ability to use themes. But what I am
talking about it the default theme. NO matter how may themes there
are; the first impression is always the default theme. And the
current theme is not very impressive.
Having used both NeXTstep and MacOS-X (which I use daily), I can
confidently say that for me the NeXTstep theme is more usable (better
to sit in front of and work with all day) and far better than
windows-xp (which I'm also forced to use occasionally).
From a design perspective, what "makes" NeXTSTEP for you, and what
"breaks" OS X for you? I just want to get as much insight into what
people think the strongest elements of the current GUI are... what does
it offer that you don't find anywhere else? What makes it more usable?
Is it the functionality? Is it the colors? Is it the control styles?
Or, to put it another way, what would make you cry if it was gone from
GNUstep forever?
J.
That's why I strongly want the standard/default GNUstep look and feel
to be *very* close
to the old NeXTstep one.
That being said, I take the point about it not being particularly
eye-catching.
While eye-catching looks do not generally make for great usability,
the initial impression
they make can attract people to the project.
So ... why not aim for two basic looks so that themability is easily
demonstrated by showing screenshots of them side by side. One you can
'use all day' and the other with which you can 'impress your friends'
:-)
I think that would be better than trying to produce lots of different
themes.
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- Look and Feel, Raphael Bosshard, 2005/02/10
- Re: Look and Feel, Jeremy Tregunna, 2005/02/10
- Re: Look and Feel, Jesse Ross, 2005/02/10
- Re: Look and Feel, Raphael Bosshard, 2005/02/10
- Re: Look and Feel, Jesse Ross, 2005/02/11
- Re: Look and Feel, Sungjin Chun, 2005/02/12
- Re: Look and Feel, Randi Joseph, 2005/02/13
- Re: Look and Feel, Banlu Kemiyatorn, 2005/02/13
- Re: Look and Feel, Gregory John Casamento, 2005/02/13
- Re: Look and Feel, Nicolas Roard, 2005/02/13
- Re: Look and Feel, Rogelio M . Serrano Jr ., 2005/02/13
- Re: Look and Feel, Gregory John Casamento, 2005/02/13
- Re: Look and Feel, Richard Frith-Macdonald, 2005/02/13