Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!m.cs.uiuc.edu!ibma0.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mrcnext!chuck From: chuck@mrcnext.uiuc.edu (charles bridgeland) Subject: Re: Standardized GEM look and feel Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana References: <1991Mar21.100227.13538@convex.com> <2232@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> Distribution: comp Date: 29 Mar 91 21:08:12 GMT Lines: 27 mathew@mwowm.mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes: >> there is no real GUI standard like there is in >>the mac world or even the PC/windows world, i suppose. there is no what >>i would consider "look and feel" standard for gem applications, IMHO. >There are Look and Feel guidelines in the standard GEM Programmer's >Reference Manuals from Digital Research. >What do you expect? Look-and-feel Police to strap you down and force you >to RTFM? >mathew ----------------------------------------------------- one of the things I _like_ about the ST is that I can make it look like about anything I want. There's no fascist lockstep on the user interface. I can fire up gulam and make a imitation unix machine. Pcommand will act like msdos, as if I ever would want that (can you say "boring"?). There are all sorts of nifty GEM add-ins, and no silly little wall at 640K. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- chuck bridgeland---anarchoRepublican --don't forget, we surround _them_, not the other way around" chuck@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu hire me so I can quit this pit. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------