Re: Fwd: Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] Similar frontends?

[Chema Celorio <chema celorio com>]

Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] wrote:
> 
> ----------  Forwarded message  ----------
> Subject: Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] Similar frontends?
> Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 14:10:32 -0400
> From: Mitch Allmond <gte203h@prism.gatech.edu>
> To: number1@realityx.net
> Cc: setup-tool-hackers@ximian.com
> 
> I don't think it's important to keep the UI for the setup tools the same
>  between gnome and kde. Both have different styles. Besides, since when was
>  the goal to make gnome and kde similar? The goal is to make gnome and kde
>  intuitive. With this being the case, they ought to be done in any fashion
>  desired while remaining fluid in use.  The backend is the key issue. The
>  users will never see the backend nor does the backend depend on kde or
>  gnome. This makes the joint effort of the two different teams possible. I'm
>  very happy to see it too.  People will always have opinions, tastes, likes,
>  dislikes, etc... Gnome and kde are just means to please different views
>  while being able to continue the use of a *nix OS. So while the UIs can be
>  different to help give that feel, the backends can be the same as long as
>  those backends are desktop independent. Hopefully, the gnome and kde team
>  can find other projects that will allow joint effort.  One that comes to
>  mind would be abiword. Abiword has advanced quite a bit and it's to kde's
>  and gnome's benefit for it to become even better. Abiword already has a gtk
>  and gnome port. It's a shame it doesn't have a qt port. Such a port would
>  certainly make abiword more mainstream and contribute to its overall
>  development. Anyway, that's my six cents.

I agree with Mitch.

Plus every other hacker is a gui expert, trying to make
the GUI interfaces similar is going to trigger endless
discusions about something that is artistic in nature.

just my 2 cents.

regards,
Chema