Re: Standards not standard

2005-08-03 Thread Mike Meyer
Dark Cowherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I really think that the community needs a lot more of STANDARDS not >> > a STANDARD GUI >> >> Standards happen in one of two ways. Either an 800-lb gorrilla >> establishes them by fiat, or a group of people interested in having >> their code play well

Re: Standards not standard

2005-08-02 Thread Dark Cowherd
> > I really think that the community needs a lot more of STANDARDS not > > a STANDARD GUI > > Standards happen in one of two ways. Either an 800-lb gorrilla > establishes them by fiat, or a group of people interested in having > their code play well together hashes out something after they've all

Re: Standards not standard

2005-08-01 Thread Mike Meyer
Dark Cowherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Being able to write a usable GUI is key task for all programmers today No, it isn't. I'm a programmer. I never get paid to write usable GUIs. Most of my programs don't have a GUI at all. For those that do, I get paid to write a functional GUI. Clients tha

Standards not standard

2005-07-31 Thread Dark Cowherd
Hi, Multiple threads running currently about reinventing the wheel, Multiple GUI's etc. Being able to write a usable GUI is key task for all programmers today - read. ESR's http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cups-horror.html And look at ESR's reason to come over to Python - he wanted to write a GUI