[openbeos] Re: Visual design stuff again

> "Simon Taylor" <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I do see there is a certain inconsistency though, in that all the 
> > teams 
> > knocking out "internal" code are happy to take the API and then 
> > implement it as they see fit, with whatever improvements they think 
> > work in that framework - whereas the UI "implementation" is pretty 
> > much 
> > pixel-for-pixel identical to R5. Changes in implementation go from 
> > the 
> > simple "I've added flag y to our function x to be more POSIX 
> > compatible", to "We're putting all the networking in the kernel" - 
> > these type of changes are almost always welcomed. Yet if someone 
> > came 
> > along tomorrow and said "I've made all the widgets look more 
> > modern, 
> > and the OS as a whole much more appealing to a wider audience", I 
> > think 
> > they would face a lot of resistance getting the code accepted. Am I 
> > the 
> > only one who sees this as an inconsistency?  
> 
> There is no inconsistency - if we had decided to implement a new 
> widget 
> code, we would have done it. On our long path to create OpenBeOS, we 
> try hard not to pick up the same thing again, but do it right on 
> first 
> try - because that saves time, and we want to get it done some day. 
> If 
> it wouldn't already be implemented, we could still discuss this thing 
> -
>  and have, in fact, a real discussion. From my perspective, you 
> should 
> have shouted earlier, even if I would have liked to see an updated UI 
> as well.

Yes, mentioning it earlier might have been better. But if there was 
going to be a "choice" implemented, all the current code would still 
have been needed.

Talking of saving time, I wouldn't be surpirsed if all of these emails 
have taken about 30 hours - with a specific design, I probably could 
have coded it in that time. Don't take that the wrong way - I'm 
reassured in many ways by the opposition I have faced - it at least 
shows people aren't going to be able to sneak pointless features in 
just because they think they're cool - that makes me much more 
confident that OBOS R3 etc won't turn into another linux.

> Anyway, and no offense, but your opinion would weigh in a lot more, 
> if 
> you had actually written half of the app_server or something :-)

lol I understand that. No offense taken.

Actually I'd like to thank all the devs for at least allowing me to 
argue my case, and listening to the arguments - something that is a 
great credit to the project and the community - and certainly wouldn't 
have happened in linux-land ;-)
 
> Bye,
>    Axel.

Simon

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