Date: 12 Apr 1996 08:04:00 -0500 From: "Richard Wackerbarth" <rkw@dataplex.net> To: "hackers@freefall.freebsd.org" <hackers@freefall.freebsd.org>, "Terry Lambert" <terry@lambert.org> Subject: Re(2): Lesstif (motif compatible) package. Message-ID: <n1382826236.36416@Richard Wackerbarth>
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> On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > The problem is that new widgets are a bad idea, in general. "Compatible with extensions" is a bad thing, and all you really succeed in doing is violating style guidelines. > Wrongo. I'm going to say that using custom frobs is bad, and that if you need a triangular button, your user interface design is bad. This assumes that the original "style guidelines" were perfect and that additional design innovation is bad. I guess we should all go back to driving Model "T"'s and program in assembly language.
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