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[DarkWyrm <bpmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> 3. What about the GUI? Afaik, OBOS R1 will be an almost exact clone 
>> (but 
>> better?) than BeOS R5. But, will the GUI look the same? The window 
>> hanging in a little yellow tab was what made it possible to always 
>> identify a PC running BeOS as just that. But I guess there could be 
>> restrictions on using the exact same look? If the BeOS GUI *is* 
>> protected, is anyone working on a replacement?
$ lurk --mode off

I guess I can speak for what will change and what will likely not. The 
application kit and interface kit classes AFAIK will not change in behavior 
except for the team doing things like making them faster and more stable. 

The server, in the process of supporting R5, will support a couple extra 
features - system color support like under Dano and window decorators as 
plugins. The default decorator will be about _this_ close to the look of R5 
and will act exactly like it. If you've seen the last couple server 
prototypes, you should have a good idea of what I'm talking about.

--DarkWyrm