A look at GNOME 2.14, comparison to KDE

Anders Storsveen wakko at generation.no
Wed Feb 22 15:16:08 CET 2006


Wade Olson wrote:
> On 2/22/06, Anders Storsveen <wakko at generation.no> wrote:
>   
>> Here's a mockup I made which uses simple, clean lines. No beveled frames
>> around stuff, not to much buttons.
>> Just simple "borders" seperating what needs to be separated.
>>
>> http://huldreveien.generation.no/~wakko/clean-mockup.JPG
>>
>> and yes, I'm _quite_ the artist! :D
>>
>>     
> Anders, that mock-up is awesome.  Are you using Xgl?
>
> Once you can get those colors compliant with the Oxygen team color
> palette, we're set!
>
> PS-Is that ACID2 compliance I see?  Genius.
>   
actually I got all the effects without xgl, even the fancy shadows! and
it's more a matter of the Oxygen team getting compliant with my colors
actually. When it comes to acid compliance there is actually no way to
mess up my gui, so yes... a genius? In all modesty I would have to say yes!
>   
>> Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tuesday 21 February 2006 18:05, Anders Storsveen wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> On Monday 20 February 2006 21:54, Iñaki wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>>> A GNU info format browser. Even more bloat!
>>>>>
>>>>>   fish://kpfeifle@linuxprinting.org
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, a graphical remote SSH browser! Why can't we have separate tools
>>>>> for each of these tasks??
>>>>>
>>>>>   webdavs://mediacenter.gmx.net/
>>>>>
>>>>> A remote WEBDAV file manager that is able to encrypt all traffic.
>>>>> B.L.O.A.T!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> now you're just being a bitch :D
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Heh..  :-P
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> the problem wasn't too much
>>>> functionality, it was too much ugliness, like too much buttons.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Right. I just wanted to make sure that someone who not even saw
>>> all of the existing functionality but still thought it was too
>>> much, would really see *all* of it before starting to think how
>>> it could be slashed (or prettified, or whatever :)
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> we
>>>> wouldn't want to have a button for each of those, open man page open
>>>> fish open this open that...
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> ...and we do not do it, last I checked.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Kurt
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