Re: Unimplemented AppKit classes

[Marco Scheurer]

> Likewise, NSStatusBar. It's mind-boggling that this class (added in
> "Jaguar", I believe) even exists -- it's antithetical to the concepts
> inherent in *step. *step applications aren't supposed to have modes 
> that
> need status information displayed, because they're supposed to follow 
> the
> KISS ("Keep It Simple, Stupid!") principle.

NSStatusBar is used to display items in the system-wide menu bar, for 
instance icons for sound volume, a clock, or airport status. May be it 
does not make sense in GNUstep, but at least it is not a Windows-like 
status bar. And in the Mac context, it is useful.

Marco Scheurer
Sen:te, Lausanne, Switzerland    http://www.sente.ch