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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: pixie's splash
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-08-30 17:34:04
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, mosfet wrote:
> 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.
>
> Well, if Raster, John Christy, and myself think it's a cool and clever
> way to do things it's not all that broken ;-)

One of those areas where "cool" and "usability" conflict. Looking at a 
screenshot of Kash it seems that they also went for cool.

Cheers,
Waldo
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KDE/Linux, made for people, made by people.

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