On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 09:01:20AM -0700, Lotzi Boloni wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Matthias Elter wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 09:39:47AM -0500, mosfet wrote:
> > > Having the image/logo window as the default interface is a standard on
> > > Unix (xv, ee, imagemagick, etc... all use it), and I rather like it.
> >
> > Yes, some of the old Unix apps really set negative standards when it comes
> > to useability. XV has a broken GUI and both ee and imagemagick thought it
> > was a clever idea to clone it. ;-) But you are the author so you decide.
> 
>   Hmm... about xv having a broken GUI - I am not that sure about it. I keep 
> going back to it whenever I really have to arrange large collections of 
> photos - none of the other programs come even close in usability, stability, 
> minimum number of clicks needed to perform tasks and the speed of the image 
> previewer and integrated file manager.


How exactly does a spalsh screen as default interface help you to arrange large collections of photos. What does the speed of the previewer and file manager have to do with the GUI?