Michael asked: > But I don't see a point in doing everything different just for the sake of > distinctiveness. I think it should be easy for GNOME/KDE/Windows users to use > GNUstep. There are a lot of people who have to use Windows at work. For thier > computers at home they probably prefer an interface that is not too different > from Windows. Do you think GNUstep, as it is, is a good choice for these > people? [...]
Yes. I don't think Windows is a good choice for them. It gets so many usability questions wrong. GNUstep might not get all the answers right yet, but I don't see a point in doing everything the same just for the sake of compatibility with a broken market dominator. > Would a KDE/Windows like file dialog not have been better for > GNOME users? I'm not sure what the KDE file dialogue looks like, but on the occasions when I encounter Microsoft Windows users (for work, mostly, asking for them to save in a more compatible format), it is amazing how many of them cannot work the file dialogue for anything more than picking a file name. There's a lot of duplicated functionality in there which hides the basic operations and confuses non-wizards. To answer the question: as long as GNOME have made their file dialogue make it obvious how to: * set the filename * set the directory (GNUstep's is a little weak on this) * set the file type, if such things are in their file dialogue ...then I think it's fine and probably better than imitating the Windows one. -- MJR/slef http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
