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

  • From: "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:58:48 +0000

Stephan Assmus Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> 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 beautiful and did not look like outdated versions of other operating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.) :-)

Thankfully my post wasn't about the decorators, though perhaps
the Amiga decorator can be blamed for my line of thought, above.

I had a few good points, but Backspace ate them all. :A

/Jonas.


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