Xref: utzoo comp.windows.x.motif:2373 comp.windows.open-look:1073 comp.windows.x:34703 comp.windows.misc:1912 comp.unix.misc:1232 news.misc:6391 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!utoday!info From: isc-br.isc-br.com!jimc@uunet.UU.NET (Jim Cathey) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif,comp.windows.open-look,comp.windows.x,comp.windows.misc,comp.unix.misc,news.misc Subject: Re: Question for net.views column in UNIX Today! Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 22:30:00 GMT Sender: info@utoday.com (UNIX Today!) Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo, An Olivetti Company Lines: 28 To: netviews@utoday.UUCP In-Reply-To: <1991Mar29.195953.2421@utoday.com> In article <1991Mar29.195953.2421@utoday.com> you write: > Is a single GUI standard really necessary? Necessary? Don't know. Desireable? (ie many people want it) Yes. A good idea? No way in hell! These things are far too immature to even consider nailing down the world on them. The best one I've seen so far has been Apple's, and it's sure not perfect. A recent experience with Openlook made me want to throw up. Motif is one of the ugliest ones I've seen, the Amiga's looks like a toy, Windows' is kind of sad... Must I go on? It seems that most people designing these things have no artistic sense, and the more 'standard' they are the uglier. Unfortunately, if the world were to standardize now they'd be stuck with OpenLook or Motif, both of which remind me of Cobol in some bizarre fashion. Long live brutal competition! -- +----------------+ ! II CCCCCC ! Jim Cathey ! II SSSSCC ! ISC-Bunker Ramo ! II CC ! TAF-C8; Spokane, WA 99220 ! IISSSS CC ! UUCP: uunet!isc-br!jimc (jimc@isc-br.isc-br.com) ! II CCCCCC ! (509) 927-5757 +----------------+ "With excitement like this, who is needing enemas?"