Re: [ros-dev] The new look of ReactOS 21942

[David Johnson]

IMO the Win95 GUI is ugly. I have no problem with is as the default.. for
now.
I think ROS should have it's own unique GUI. Eventually. Or to be themeable.

I would like to see Open Step implemented in ROS, but with a better GUI.
SkyGI is an example of what I am talking about. I am a beta tester for SkyOS
too.


On 5/22/06, David Hinz <post.center(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
>
>  theUser BL schrieb:
> >   Last week I have tested ReactOS build 21942.
> >  And I wondern about the ugly changes:
> >
> >  - wrong gradient on the top of the windows. 
>  It's not _wrong_, it's
> different. And when the colors are slightly
>  changed, it looks alot better, than in windows, imho...
>
> >   - the symbols which say, which icon on the
> > desktop is a link and which 
>  not,
> >    is now on the right bottom, instead of the left
> > bottom
> >   But some icon-designer have the icons so designed, that its ok, if 
>  there
> >    is something on the left bottom of the icon
> > lost. But the icons are
> >   not so designed, that it is lost on any other place. 
>  Imho users either know, if
> an icon is a shortcut or not, or don't even
>  know what a shortcut is, so these small icons could be removed.
>  But that's a topic we could have yearlong arguments on, so I guess these
>  things should stay the way they are and we should wait for more user
>  responses.
>
> >   It seems, there are now some ReactOS-developer,
> > who don't like Windows. 
>  If all ReactOS-developers would love Windows, would
> this project even
>  exist??
>
> >   I would prefering it, if ReactOS looks most as
> > possible like Windows.
> >  And if anybody wants to have its own look, that then existing options to
> >  change the look of ReactOS. 
>  From ReactOS.org:
>  "ReactOS aims to achieve complete binary compatibility with both
>  applications and device drivers meant for NT and XP operating systems,
>  by using a similar architecture and providing a complete and equivalent
>  public interface."
>  This says, we will create something compatible to windows, not a clone.
>
>  If you want everything to be like it is in windows, go and use windows.
>
>  Please excuse my hard formulation, I just wanted to point out, that this
>  project is not about _cloning_ windows, but about creating a innovative
>  OS, compatible to Windows NT.
>
> >   Greatings
> >  theuserbl 
>  Greets,
>
>  David Hinz
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