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List:       mingw-users
Subject:    Re: [Mingw-users] [OT] Re:  gdb not installed?
From:       Keith Marshall <keithmarshall () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2008-08-28 21:32:48
Message-ID: 200808282232.48711.keithmarshall () users ! sourceforge ! net
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On Thursday 28 August 2008 21:57:42 Tuomo Latto wrote:
> >> I wonder why people hate information so much.
> >
> > It isn't a case of hating information; it is a case of disliking
> > the poor presentation of information.  The new style is lean on
> > content,
>
> [...]
>
> > The `View older releases...' was bad news, because people would
> > complain about not being able to see such and such a package;
> > they would never think that maybe it would appear, if only they
> > followed that link.
>
> No, I meant the whole new style. I'm glad the "View older
> releases..." is gone, but does everything have to be hidden in
> popup menus? I prefer navigation I can see, for starters.

Ah.  I misunderstood you.  I don't much like those popup menus either, 
especially when half of them are hidden away, behind a `More' button 
which looks like just another popup, but isn't.  Yuk!

> Not all "clutter" is pointless. The way I see it, "cool" is poor
> substitute for functionality. Some people might disagree.

On this, I think we agree.

Regards,
Keith.

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