[openbeos] Re: linuxformat mag: 30 days with Haiku

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:59 PM, scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:09 PM, François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> It's nice to see that people are talking more and more about Haiku. I
> >> don't
> >> necessarily agree with everything he says about the look and feel of
> >> the OS
> >> but that's just one person's opinion.
> >
> > Yeah it has some errors, but at least it's good PR :)
> >
> > Now, for the look, just use the Theme Manager, now with MS theme import
> > ;)
> >
> >
> http://www.haiku-os.org/blog/mmu_man/2008-01-25/the_bowels_of_the_theme_manager_or_how_to_make_haiku_as_ugly_as_zeta
> > http://www.haiku-os.org/blog/mmu_man/2008-02-01/even_more_themes
> >
> > François.
> >
> >
>
> What we need to do is to read these types of reviews and use them as
> constructive criticisms, that is we've been so close to the project
> that at times we need the view of a newcomer to see what needs to be
> addressed.


You make a good point here. Taken the right way reviews like this can be an
excellent tool for the project.


>
> Perhaps we need that welcome package after all?  Nice to see he was
> able to locate HaikuPorts and BeBits with little trouble.  Sure would
> be nice if there was a way to "clean up" BeBits prior to the release,
> but it seems to be on perpetual auto-pilot over there.


IMO BeBits is a lost cause.


>
> -scottmc
>
>


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