[haiku-commits] Re: r37864 - in haiku/trunk: build/jam src/add-ons/decorators/MacDecorator src/add-ons/decorators/WinDecorator

  • From: DarkWyrm <darkwyrm@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:20:23 -0400

On 08/04/2010 03:07 PM, Stephan Assmus wrote:

On 2010-08-04 at 20:38:17 [+0200], Jonas Sundström<jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Simon Taylor Simon Taylor<simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
  ...
Haiku's single-project mentality means consistency of
experience (both behavioural and appearance) is an area
where the project can really stand out.

This mentality has risks too:

Conservatism, losing the visionaries, missing change and then
the long downward slope into irrelevance.

Maybe you'd had a point if the alternative decorators were actually
beautiful and did not look like outdated versions of other operating
systems. (No offense intended.) :-)
None taken. :) They look outdated because they are near pixel-perfect copies of the Win95 and MacOS 8 decorators that R5 had. Having one or two other nice-looking ones might be nice. It could be an opportunity for some of the people who have made R2 mockups over the years to try their hand on something that looks good without being a source of headaches. :)

--DW

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