Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 09:28:18 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Kimball <alk@Think.COM> To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lesstif (motif compatible) package. Message-ID: <199604111428.JAA24489@compound.think.com>
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From: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 17:25:26 -0700 (PDT) I haven't attached your comments on Lesstif, due to space constraints, but let me say that you made some excellent points and I agree with you completely on this topic. Motif is the closest thing we have to a standard in the wacky world of X-Windows, I disagree profoundly. Tk is the closest thing to a standard. Moreover, Tk is portable to the major non-unix platforms, while Motif is not. It is reasonably fast, I win. looks professional, We draw. has a consistent style guide that follows IBM's CUA guidelines Largely unused and hence of questionable relevance. interoperates well with other Motif programs (e.g. Drag and Drop) We draw. Also, there are some excellent GUI builder tools that allow a complete user interface to be generated in literally a matter of hours I think dev time is my trump card on this one. I would not dream of developing a general-purpose commercial application using Motif, because it would lock me into a small fraction of the Unix market, and cut off the vast majority of potential customers. And of course it is completely impractical to write freeware using Motif.
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