Re: Whitespace (was: Re: GNOME Compliance Labels)

["Dan \"Effugas\" Kaminsky" <effugas best com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Lars Torben Wilson <torben@coastnet.com>
To: Dan "Effugas" Kaminsky <effugas@BEST.COM>
Cc: gnome-gui-list@gnome.org <gnome-gui-list@gnome.org>
Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Whitespace (was: Re: GNOME Compliance Labels)


>"Dan \"Effugas\" Kaminsky" writes:
> > Windows apps, in general, have less whitespace than almost every Unix
app.
> > Yes, I'll say that to that degree of certainty.  And you know what?
They
> > look better.  There's a *reason* Windows 3.1 looks like crap compared to
95.
>
>Yes, but I'm not arguing against that point at all. :) I'm with you on
>this one--to a point. Too much whitespace can be bad. Too little can
>be bad. The right amount can be bad if it's in the wrong places.
>
>Properly used, in the right places, it can make all the difference in
>the world.
>
>Besides, there's LOTSA reasons Win 3.x apps look like crap. :)


The point is that if there's one serious problem with GNOME, and *every
other X environment I've ever seen*, is just too damn much
whitespace...probably more than 3.1.