Re: GTK, wizards, KDE

[Scott Barnes <reeve ductape net>]

Does anyone remember that old cartoon David the Gnome?  Maybe someone
could find the people that own the trademark on him and ask if GNOME can
use him as the character :)


On 04 Apr 2001 19:26:04 -0400, Matt Gerginski wrote:
> 
> We could use a little garden-gnome for the character.  get it,
> garden-gnome, GNOME... Just a thought...
> 
> --mattgerg
> 
> On 28 Mar 2001 05:54:25 -0800, Jason Victor wrote:
> > 
> > Well, when the next big GNOME version comes out, I
> > still think we should have a character. What kind of
> > animal made that foot imprint? Teehee.
> > 
> > What about competition when it comes to interfaces? I
> > know next to nothing about writing widgets, but maybe
> > some people should make some new ones. That is one
> > area where GTK and GNOME need improvement.
> > --- Ben Ford <ben kalifornia com> wrote:
> > > Jason Victor wrote:
> > > 
> > > > This may sound dumb, but I think that, usually, Qt
> > > > interfaces look "slicker" than GTK/GNOME ones. And
> > > I'm
> > > > worried about this because when a normal user
> > > starts
> > > > Linux for the first time, he's just going to pick
> > > the
> > > > slicker-looking interface.
> > > > 
> > > > Please don't accuse me of being a KDE-er, I'm not,
> > > I
> > > > just think we've got some strong competition going
> > > > over there. 
> > > > 
> > > > Another thing related to KDE (I just recently used
> > > it
> > > for the first time). I like that wizard who greets
> > > you
> > > > with tips at the door. I haven't really ever
> > > > contributed to the gnome developers. If I write
> > > > something like that with the GNOME libs can it go
> > > into
> > > > the project?
> > > > 
> > > > --Jason
> > > > 
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> > > 
> > > Gnome Foot --> Utilities --> Startup Hint.
> > > 
> > > A little plain, but it's there.
> > > 
> > > -b
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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