*nod* I understand, and I fully understand that it will be for the most part
inexperienced users using mdk. See the follow up post I made to chmoel's
response. I didn't even know about the below bug you mentioned : )
But I don't mean taking out functionality of updating the menus(which is a
whole 'nother situation : p ) but simply keeping everything more compliant
and helix-like.
Bryan Paxton
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Submitted 03-Aug-00 by Bryan Paxton:
> > Basically what I'm trying to get through this is, keeping helix-gnome
> > raw, the way it comes, and only lil minute tweaks should be made.
>
> Part of the problem (as I see it), Brian, is that a large portion of our
> user base is rather inexperienced. When you run straight helix, you not
> only lose the continuity in menus between different managers, but your
> GNOME menus won't be updated when you install a new package that is
> designed to use the new menu system.
>
> Inexperienced users are not likely to be comfortable with having to create
> their own menu entries for every app.
>
> You are correct that there are some striking differences between the two.
> One that comes to mind immediately is the mdk GNOME's inability to properly
> display GTK themes with light colored text. They look fine in the preview
> window, but you end up with black text on your dark brown buttons after you
> apply the thing.
