Re: [9fans] Plan 9 Go (Was: GNU/Linux/Plan 9 disto)

2011-07-13 Thread Lucio De Re
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 08:31:58PM +0200, Lucio De Re wrote: > There are many inconsistencies I am vaguely aware of, feel free to remind > me and make suggestion on how to improve them. One problem is the lack of execute permissions, you may have to fix these. Lucio.

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 Go (Was: GNU/Linux/Plan 9 disto)

2011-07-13 Thread Lucio De Re
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 08:35:26PM +0200, Francisco J Ballesteros wrote: > If you could put just a tgz at sources I'm willing to test it, > even for updates, I could just unpack the tgz again and rebuild the thing. > although I don't have much spare time these days and it's likely > I wont be able

Re: [9fans] interesting(?) widgets idea

2011-07-13 Thread Anthony Sorace
On Jul 13, 2011, at 10:16, Wes Kussmaul wrote: > Isn't this a perfect case for letting the user set a parameter, > depending upon his/her preference? No. The choice is between two very different user interaction models. Nobody has claimed that having widgets filling what would otherwise be marg

Re: [9fans] interesting(?) widgets idea

2011-07-13 Thread Wes Kussmaul
On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 08:43 -0500, Jack Norton wrote: > dexen deVries wrote: > >... > > in other words, all the widgets (menus included) of an app turned into > > margins when mouse's /not/ over those widgets. > > > > eeek! > Am I the only one who doesn't like this idea? I cannot stand programs

Re: [9fans] interesting(?) widgets idea

2011-07-13 Thread Jack Norton
dexen deVries wrote: if the user hovers mouse over widget area, it would be understood as intention to activate widgets, triggering their visibility. ... in other words, all the widgets (menus included) of an app turned into margins when mouse's /not/ over those widgets. eeek! Am I the on