Re: This thing we called GNUstep (Re: Kickstarter was not successful... but it did help things...)

[Riccardo Mottola]

Pirmin,

Pirmin Braun wrote:
> Am Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:53:25 -0500
> schrieb Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> :
>
> > What is more effective is to change GNUstep's look so that it appeals to a
> > wider audience
> do we need another GUI?
> Since 30 years thousands of programmers try to build graphical desktop 
> environments. Probably billions of dollars were spent. Now we've seen Chromium, 
> Ajax, Android, OS/2, GEM, Windows 3.11/95/XP/7/8/8.1 GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE, 
> Enlightenment, Unity, Cinnamon, MATE, NeXTSTEP, MOS.. just to name some. Most 
> of them suck. Very few of them are popular. Maybe this is a task too big for 
> mankind. Maybe the whole concept with this one-dot pointing device is wrong. 
> What will GNUstep with no budget and only a dozen programmers do different to 
> bring up the final, long awaited holy grail of ultimate graphical desktop 
> environment?
> We are trying quite some years now. What makes you hope the big break through 
> will happen next year? And even if it would happen, will any user of a popular 
> UI dump it in favour of GNUstep?
I don't think it is a too big task. Too many stupid factors deceive from 
creating a good guy. I see GNUstep getting closer and closer. Perhaps it 
is me adapting to it, perhaps it is eveloving.
I don't care about Windows 8, Mac, Unity. GNOME smashed on a wall by itself.

It will happen of course only if people will work on it. 10 Years ago I 
had seen something that was barely usable as a Desktop. In the past 
years it became better and better and I am using id more and more for my 
daily duties! Progress is continuous.

There is no need to invent something take from the past. NeXT and 
OpenStep were just fine. Then I think what do I like of Mac, what I do not.

I think that GS being generally portable is interesting, but as somebody 
did note, NeXTs tight integration with the OS was a strong point and 
that can still be achieved, I'd use e.g. a *BSD core.

Riccardo