Phoebus Dokos wrote: > First of all, ProWesS is depended upon the PE for many things,
You'll find that in the end every potential window manager will depend on the PE. > second it's insanely slow (esp. on regular QL systems) where regular > PE is blazingly fast (IMHO the difference of assembly over C - even > compiled with gcc-qdos ProWesS apps are very slow compared to > regular PE apps which literally fly!). It's not so much asm vs. C but vector fonts vs. simple fixed fonts. Anyway, if I'd ever do another window manager the last language I'd choose is asm. > However again a SMSQ/E bundled new Gui could have other significant > advantages like: > > 1. Being really a part of the OS ever present and without memory loss > 2. Extremely fast. Can't think of any reason why in the end it should be faster than ProWesS. Our machines are not fast. Not even a Q60 is fast compared to today's computer speeds. Most current GUIs you know demand too much power for any QL compatible platform. > 3. Being able to provide a TRUE desktop where now we have a patchwork of a > quasi GUI routines and pseudo graphics. Let's see what QDT brings. Marcel
