Re: helping the user is not an error

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From: David Cantrell
Subject: Re: helping the user is not an error
Date: 17:36 on 23 May 2006
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 06:18:32PM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> * Chris Devers <cdevers@xxxxx.xxx> [2006-05-23 14:45]:
> > On Tue, 23 May 2006, Yoz Grahame wrote:
> > > I *think* it's all Winamp's fault, but can't prove it. I'm
> > > actually genuinely interested in researching this for a
> > > reason - does anyone know what totally-user-skinnable apps
> > > existed before Winamp?
> > X11 ?
> ...what?

Oh come on, you have to admit that making each client application
resonsible for deciding how to draw its widgets is crazy.  If 'twere up
to me, X servers would be responsible for rendering at least the basics,
with - perhaps the user being able to choose which widget library to
use.

I would take a screenshot showing K, Gnome, Motif and a couple of others
next to each just to demonstrate why it's stupid, but really, you know
what it would look like, so there's no point.

Making the server responsible would also serve to reduce nyetwork traffic.

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David Cantrell | Reality Engineer, Ministry of Information

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