Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Without frames

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le sam 21/12/2002 à 17:17, Matthias Redlich a écrit :

> 1. What do you prefer - a nice application or a less nice application
> but conform to the HIG standards?

A nice application that respects the HIG standards.

> 2. Why do you think did the HIG guys claim that frames are ugly? What
> are the disadvantages of frames?

No clue, it was just a suggestion to remove frames.

> 3. Is the difference between the two solutions so big? Would it be worth
> to break the standard due to this difference?
> 

Would it be worth removing the frames?


> In my opinion the HIG standard is a big step to a good desktop
> environment. I think it is necessary to have such standards to increase
> the quality of the linux-desktop environment (in this case Gnome). If
> all applications ignore this standard you don't need it anymore.
> 

I don't see any logic rationale behind the non-frame design, so, not
being in the Core of Gnome, I don't see why I should break my
application to be compliant at 100% with the HIG. In my point of view,
the current way of doing things is not the best one. GNOME libs should
provide predefined designs for druids, preferences windows, and so on.
That would give a consistant look. You can also notice that I'm one of
the few applications to respect all the standards, from the menus to
gconf, but I refuse to remove the frames and the vertical toolbar, just
because a few people have decided it was better not to use them.

> Cheers,
> Matthias
> 
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