From fnaumann@mail.cs.uni-magdeburg.de Mon May 17 21:42:47 2004 Subject: Re: [MiNT] Truecolor extension to Xaaes (and Ovdi) From: Petr Stehlik To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi In-Reply-To: <002001c43c3e$e4cc2700$460d63d9@blaszak> References: <20040513070104.BB29B4184@zulawy.gabo.pl> <1084436133.10576.1.camel@joy.sophics> <006301c43bb9$a3387030$f80963d9@blaszak> <1084772967.11850.1.camel@joy.sophics> <010f01c43c1f$820a43a0$ef0d63d9@blaszak> <1084808398.11847.46.camel@joy.sophics> <002001c43c3e$e4cc2700$460d63d9@blaszak> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Message-Id: <1084822643.1857.21.camel@joy.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 21:37:24 +0200 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by ns1.avonet.cz id VAA03583 Delivered-To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: joy@sophics.cz Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-ID: X-List-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by prinz.cs.uni-magdeburg.de id i4HJgjo16702 V Po, 17. 05. 2004 v 20:42, Konrad Kokoszkiewicz píše: > > When I was trying to present the advantages of upgrade to ARAnyM in > > comp.sys.atari.st some guys said that if there was a 'killer' > > application available for ARAnyM only they would perhaps consider > > installing ARAnyM but if ARAnyM does not offer new applications they > > are not interested. This is a serious thought. > > I think it is relatively (*relatively*) simple task to produce a "killer" > application. It is enough to port OpenOffice to MiNT OpenOffice is not easy thing to port. Let's get back to the original question: why not start the killer application suite with an advanced desktop? Are you so sure that HighWire is too slow to render PNG icons on the desktop? Petr