Jeff Waugh <j...@perkypants.org> writes:
> <quote who="Daniel Pittman">
>
>> > It's like when clients say, "it should be easy to..." and suggest
>> > something that would require major architectural changes to your
>> > product...
>>
>> Pshaw. AppFolders are only hard if you want integration with the Unix
>> world, outside your own environment.
>>
>> On Linux, this is probably a goal, because otherwise you need to invent
>> the entire desktop environment, rendering you into stagnation (hi, ROX,
>> GNUStep, nice to see nothing much changes) because of the workload.
>>
>> It doesn't make AppFolders themselves even remotely difficult, though, but
>> rather integrating them into the rest of an environment designed on
>> different assumptions.
>
> Experimenting is fun. Reality is hard.
I notice you omitted the section of my email where, indeed, I note that
this is from practical experience.
> Shipping software and supporting users means your solution has to take
> all kinds of other issues into account beyond "it should be easy
> to..."
Again, I agree with your generality, and that you omit to respond to my
actual discussion points.
Regards,
Daniel
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