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From: shite@unf7.UUCP (Stephen Hite)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Why are all of the free Widgets so ugly looking?
Keywords: only the ugly widgets are free
Message-ID: <287@unf7.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 90 19:21:15 GMT
Organization: Univ. of N. Florida, Jacksonville
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   I like the functionality that the Athena Widgets and HP Widgets (2-D)
provide.  But with all of the money MIT has poured into X Windows technology
you would think they could invest some time into making them more visually 
appealing.  Would 3-D color effects really be that hard to do for one of
the top 5 Comp Sci universities in the country?  Is there a development
policy at MIT that restricts exploration into this area?  Does MIT have
a staff or group of human factors engineers that could assist in this area? 
I would think that some viable Master's theses could be generated from
this area in the field of graphic design.

   I apologize if the Athena Widget developers take offense to these 
questions.  I applaud their technical abilities and efforts to provide
very workable libraries upon which to build applications.  

   I am not involved with X window development as a livelihood so buying
Motif or Open Look is a moot point (esp. for a graduate student, yow!). 
I'm being totally unreasonable...I want free widgets that look perty! ;)

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Steve Hite
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