??? 11/3/2002 10:27:12 ΜΜ, ?/? Marcel Kilgus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ??????:
>Phoebus Dokos wrote: >> IMHO what should be done is to leave WMAN alone and work on an >> entire new PE that could give the QL a whole new GUI, there all new >> developments and features could be implemented without sacrificing >> compatibility with older apps (since the original PE would still be >> in place). > >Well, I'm not going to re-invent the wheel. After all, ProWesS already >exists, it's open source and anybody can alter it the way one wants. >But unfortunately I haven't seen much progress there (I played around >with adding some 3d look and feel to it but then didn't have enough >time) and there's no reason to assume this'd be different with yet >another new window manager. > >After all we won't get masses of new applications just because there's >another fancy window manager on the street. But there are quite many >existing PE applications out there which could be adapted very easily >for use with the new colours. > >Marcel True too, but I still believe that a new GUI would be the right way to go (that doesn't prohibit you from adding the support for older PE apps of course). However (and this requires a lot of discussion), you could assemble a team of people that COULD design a "new PE" and you could incorporate it into SMS... moreover something like that with your input as the main SMSQ developer could be made faster and a lot better than what we have now... -- Phoebus R. Dokos - Quantum Leap Software Web and Graphic Design - Custom Program Solutions Tech Support - Software Localization Web: http://www.dokos-gr.net ICQ#:34196116 / SMS:+30973267887 SMS:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
