[haiku-commits] Re: r37864 - in haiku/trunk: build/jam src/add-ons/decorators/MacDecorator src/add-ons/decorators/WinDecorator
- From: Simon Taylor <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:28:11 +0100
François Revol wrote:
> Le 4 août 2010 à 17:04, DarkWyrm a écrit :
>
>>> I think you misinterpret axel question. The fact that we do have
>>> decorator stuff in the app_server is the proof that it's not locked
>>> down, and nobody question the usefulness of decorator (as pointer by
>>> Humdinger and Clemens works, it's building basis to support other
>>> targets than desktop computers).
>>>
>>> The only question in debate is does all decorators should be bundled
>>> in the official haiku image or not.
>>>
>>> For size issue, I'm myself for making alternate decorators available
>>> (which they're not currently, so it will a progress) an optional
>>> package, maybe within the Themes package.
>> Sounds like a good compromise to me. :)
>
> Well, I dumped the Themes svn history to migrate it to osdrawer, but I didn't
> intend on taking them along with.
> I still don't see why I would.
As an Easter Egg the other decorators were kind of fun. If they get
exposed more openly as one of the equally good options to choose it does
risk having an impact on the "look" that people associate with Haiku
IMHO. I'm all for having the code set up to cleanly allow other looks
(Decorators) and behaviours (Clemens' refactoring) but that doesn't mean
we need to also code and ship all the possible uses of those APIs with
the basic image.
Allowing too many choices by default makes it harder for other graphical
elements to be designed that "fit", and could make it more acceptable
for different apps to have entirely different visual styles (look at the
difference between appearance of GNOME and KDE apps, which often coexist
on a linux desktop as there is no reference "Linux look" that designers
can refer to). Haiku's single-project mentality means consistency of
experience (both behavioural and appearance) is an area where the
project can really stand out.
Simon
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