Re: UI Rantings [was: Re: gmc and file-selection mockups]

[Rowan van der Molen <bigsmoke usa net>]

At 17:07 30-12-98 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>while this discussion goes on and on, I will ask again wether it isn't
>possible to change the implemention of the open-dialog via themes (or
>possibly via CORBA, or better said, via replaceable objects). In this
>case gnome could ship with a simplistic open.dialog. On the other
>hand the power user is able to change his/her implementation to the
>preferred one. 
>
>This sounds a bit oversized, but as we see, there is no end to this
>discussion. And on the other hand, in an object environment the user
>should be able to exchange every object, even if it doesn´t make sence
>in the most cases. 
>
>Why not call the kde open file dialog via corba, or whatever while
>using a kde theme, or the gnustep file dialog while using a gnustep
>theme. This sounds somewhat stupid, but if we are living in an object
>model environment and the interface to the open dialog is 
>standardized, the implementation could change without breaking
>functionality. And in the case of the open-dialog the interface
>between the application and the dialog is very easy:
>

Yes, I want to choose my own fucking dialogues!
Everything which I  am starting to like about GNOME has to do with the
fact that I don't need to install something which I won't use. So, don't
let me use
something I don't want. I'm running an UNIX i-m-l-e-m-e-n-t-a-t-i-o-n
remember?:-)
So I want modularity untill I get buried beneath it.

>open dialog -> set dir. -> set filter -> get filename 
>(or somenthing like this)
>
>All the other things, we are discussiong about, like printing,
>renaming and so on, is all handled in the dialog itself, and has no
>influence on the application. 
>
>Just an idea. Think about it.
>
>Dirk
>
>P.S. I would like to provide more than ideas, but gnome is running to
>fast that I could catch up in the spare freetime I have beneath my
>diploma thesis. Perhaps next year.
>
>P.P.S Where can I read about the theme implementation in gtk? I would
>like to now how it works. Someday I came across the berlin project
>home page. As far as I remember they are building everything upon
>CORBA, so that every widget could be exchanged easily. Is the theming
>environment perhaps somewhat like a very light CORBA environment?
>