John Levon wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 06:01:37PM +0900, Rob Lahaye wrote:
> 
>>   *) 4 tabs instead of 5
>>   *) items are rearranged to different locations.
> 
> 
> I don't see these as problems.

In my opinion this breaks the idea of GUII.

>>   *) etc. etc.
> 
> please elaborate ;)

Okay. I wasn't sure my complaints were appropriate.
I'll report whenever I have time to dig into comparing the frontends.
(I'm not using Qt for my daily work, since quite some items are still missing,
such as math panel, preferences etc.)


> The intention is to write UI that doesn't NEED documenting.

Indeed! But practically, there still will be a manual and reference guide
etc. It would be horrible if Xforms and Qt need their own versions, because
they are not compatible.



>>I believe this is a very wrong point of view and GUII will cause more
>>confusion than good for the users and documentation maintainers.
> 
> Alas for you, but you're not writing the code and UI :)

Argh, don't talk Microsoft language :(.


>>The frontend's look&feel may be different, but items should be in exactly
>>the same dialog,
> 
> Like I said, it's up to the xforms people to play catch up.

Well, do the xforms people agree? Is Qt indeed the UI default going-to-be and all
other frontends should follow the Qt layout. Or is the underlying plan to abandon
Xforms completely as soon as Qt is fully implemented?

Rob.

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