11/13/2023 0 Comments Beos theme for windowblinds![]() ![]() (note: Not the new widget set which was checked in today. I'm running the Open Source UI on the Mac. ui, but wanted to get some mozilla regular's comments: Where can you see this skin in action? Well, you're going to have to wait just a little bit longer to find that out. Whatever you think about it, you've just gotta see it in action - animated GIF rollovers, collapsing panels, the whole nine yards. You might be thinking, "Ack! those are some wild colors!", but that was the point of the skin - to show you what *could* be done, not necessarily what should be done. The next two are examples of how that same package can be "dressed" differently with new skins. The first is a cleaned up version of a skin (let's call it a "package", because it contains behavior changes to the UI) many of you may be familiar with. ![]() On the skins front, we have some screenshots from Alphanumerica for you. They're working on lots of interesting projects like Mozilla crash recovery and new skins. Alphanumerica is the first services-oriented firm to commit in-house developers to Mozilla (one of them is Pete Collins, a regular Mozilla contributor and someone familiar to those of you who hang out in the newsgroups). Computers are supposed to make our lives easier, expecting the average user to correct flaws in the operating system by himself is ridiculous.Alphanumerica Announcement Friday February 18th, 2000ĭavid Boswell of Alphanumerica writes in with a link to a press release from his company. ![]() WHAT.you don't know algebraic geometry? But there are so many books out there, therefore it must be easy! You must be stupid!Most people don't need to learn algebraic geometry, and most people don't need to know how to program. And this doesn't make them idiots.You make kernel hacking sound trivial when it really isn't.By your own braindead criteria you're stupid as well. Quote:Hey if your going to be some idiot who's afraid to take advantage of a simple porcess of making an OS yours then stick with mac or windows! I'm 14 and know how to Kernel Hack.and with all the books it's pretty bad that u don't want to learn something new and easy as that!I usually don't post in topics like these but this just boggles the mind.Look, most people don't know how to program, and most of them don't have any inclinination to do so. The question is if such an interface can be delivered before its too late. There are so many people working on Linux, that the law of probability almost assures that eventually, someone will come up with The Interface That Makes Linux As Appealing As Windows And X On The Way It Looks Alone. Distros that have tried to emulate the look and feel of Windows will fail (Redmond Linux) as will this horrible idea of layering the BeOS GUI over Linux. It doesn't need anti-aliased text, or alpha blending, or disgusting colors (Aqua or XP's native theme).it just needs to be clean and consistent.And I think it will happen soon. The idea would be something like X, where my mom can hop on my laptop and fire up Word and Chimera and Mail.app and iTunes and get ready to roll. Ideally, it should be able to give a newbie user an OOB interface that is clean and consistent and lets the Basic Tasks occur without intrusion or unintuitive processes. One that takes heavily from Windows, BeOS, KDE/GNOME and both Mac OSes, but one that is unique, and can add value to the platform. The Bad Place is not the proper forum for those discussions.I'll drop my 2 cents before I leave this thread: Linux needs someone to come up with the killer GUI. I encourage you to post your topics in the LKF, where you'll probably get more of the discussion you're seeking. But please, you have to understand that for most users, the only kernels they'll deal with are corn kernels. ![]() And its impressive that you've dedicated some of your time to understand the fundamentals of an OS and how to tweak it to your liking.these are skills that will serve you in good stead later in life. ![]()
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