Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 11:05:18 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: tlambert2@mindspring.com Cc: FreeBSD Advocacy <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ExBSD Message-ID: <3B15365E.7140D076@acuson.com> References: <014301c0e249$debd93f0$0300a8c0@oracle> <4.3.2.7.2.20010523093020.017d3fb8@mail.threespace.com> <8072844.990964800@[192.168.1.60]> <3B14CED8.3CE0D7FB@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > Maybe it not "fair" that Windows has this advantage: but > there is an easy answer: enforce the Windows Style Guide, > and the use of particular windows managers (e.g. fvwm95, > as an obvious choice) and particular widget sets in new > UNIX programs. Doing that would mean that all that > prepaid training would be immediately transferrable to > UNIX, as well. That's half the point of the desktop environments. CDE then KDE then GNOME (not to slight any that I failed to mention). Running tcl/tk apps next to a KDE app next to a Xt app with custom widgets doesn't bother me at all. But it does bother a lot of people. Even an app with a different color scheme can confuse some people. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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