[openbeos] Re: OpenBeOS Applications
- From: "Gabe" <gabe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:42:29 -0600
You make good points ... but I think what I was trying to say was a bit
misinterpreted (my fault, I'm lousy at saying things)
I think there should be a good middle ground.
It shouldn't be too simple so that there's little reason for a number of
people to use it, just as it shouldn't be so complex that it keeps regular
people from using it.
Going on your Word and Notepad example ... there's a middle ground there.
Wordpad does plain text (and doesn't choke on CRs at 80chars like Notepad
will), Rich Text, and has some basic MS Word support without cluttering
everything up with spellcheckers, auto formatting, text converters, etc...
that's where applications should be.
It's the same thing as not using a text browser like lynx for everyday
browsing or using a web browser/html editor/mail composer/instant
messenger/home appliance either.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Vallee" <svallee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday 06 February 2002 17.23
Subject: [openbeos] Re: OpenBeOS Applications
I'm an heavy Windows user, but even with all the power of MS-Word, I still
need very often NotePad. I hate the full Outlook, because I only need the
Outlook Express for my needs.
I think we have to be careful before under-estimating "Lite" versions of
softwares. I liked Poorman & RobinHood because I needed nothing more. And I
knew that if I wished to push a bigger server solution, I would has to go
for Apache.
Same thing for Net+. Having a full-featured browser is cool, but I REALLY
don't want to load, say, Mozilla, each time I want to read an html help
files in the BeBook ... no way !
- Steve
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