FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Thoughts on XFree86 development and how iteffects OBOS

[Michael Phipps <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2004-03-01 at 14:15:36 [-0500], Simon Taylor wrote:
> > has to offer. An integrated package that contains lots and lots of stuff 
that
> > makes development easy and being a user fun again. If we were to have a
> > mission statement, that might well be it.
> 
> Amen to that! Although the "contains lots and lots of stuff" part is more 
of a 
> linux description - I would say an integrated package that contains all the 
> stuff needed to run an OS, in a completely consistent package, without 
> countless useless options and dozens of apps to do the same job.

I meant that more in regard to the number of APIs, not the number of apps. If 
you are asking yourself "how does more APIs translate to 'being a user more 
fun again'", look at Media Kit and Translation Kit. By eliminating user 
hassles.

> Also, obviously, I believe the integrated widgets should be updated to a 
more 
> modern look ready for R1 :-) Sorry, not mentioned that for a while.

There are big questions around the IK that need to be decided for R2 and 
beyond. Let's not sweat the (fairly) small stuff right now. Let's get a base 
to work off of. We could debate Gonx vs Stubear's vs KDE vs Gnome vs OSX vs 
XP forever and not get to the "real" work that needs to be done.

Michael