[openbeos] Re: app_server

  • From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 22:43:56 -0400

This really falls under the realm of things to do for a second (R2) release. 
Having said that, I think that some of the work that has been done has had this 
functionality in mind, somewhere down the line.

>Hello peeps
>
>Warning: I'm not a programmer, just a lurker but...
>
>When the app_server is finished and becomes a good replacement for the 
>stock one, will it be easy to add new decors? I'm assuming you'd still 
>need programming knowledge of course - not just graphical skills, so I 
>might not be able to do it myself but hopefully it would be doable.
>
>Taking this a bit further - maybe the whole window design could be 
>changed rather than just the border. Maybe this is not possible. Maybe 
>more than just a new app_server would be required but I wouldn't know, 
>I'm not a programmer. If it *is* possible then my nipples would get a 
>bit hard because it means we could possibly have a spruced-up interface 
>even before OB is finished. I'm not talking about change for the sake of 
>change but BeOS is visually a wee bit dated now.
>
>PS. I'm not saying OB dev's should do this, just asking if its possible. 
>Perhaps that makes it OT.
>
>Ta-ta,
>Kevin
>
>--
>AIM: KevinCraik
>
>
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