From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Sat Oct 15 23:37:00 2005 X-Original-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Delivered-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Subject: Re: [MiNT] some gem question From: Evan Langlois To: Miro Kropacek , mint@fishpool.com In-Reply-To: <4351120A.4010207@hysteria.sk> References: <433E5857.80605@hysteria.sk> <1128178738.433ea432eff28@webmail1.utbm.fr> <20051001155230.GA22982@hysteria.sk> <4350F51E.8080209@hysteria.sk> <1129390467.5862.186.camel@linuxbox> <4351120A.4010207@hysteria.sk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:35:26 -0500 Message-Id: <1129412127.13062.1.camel@taro.coolrunningconcepts.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - esc14.midphase.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - fishpool.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - CoolRunningConcepts.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-To: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: Evan@CoolRunningConcepts.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.0 tagged_above=-50.5 required=7.0 tests=AWL, BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_SORBS X-Spam-Level: * On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 16:28 +0200, Miro Kropacek wrote: > This isn't my goal, to make aes-ignoring application but imagine you > want to do completely skinable dialog... so you will have nice sliders, > windows and... stupid system slider where you can change max. the > background colour (IIRC). What to do then? Contrary to whats popular on Windows, having skinable applications is NOT good interface design. Users expect consistency of LOOK and feel for their desktop. If you want to skin/theme your apps, then the AES is the only one qualified to do so since all applications will need to look the same. -- Evan