From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jh2H0-0007Ff-Vx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:41:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C22CE0B38; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3AC1E0B38 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:41:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so1196812nfh.26 for ; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:41:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.154.1 with SMTP id b1mr27975942hue.51.1207140061151; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:41:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [213.121.151.206]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c18sm707081hub.50.2008.04.02.05.40.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:41:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:40:45 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-guis@lists.gentoo.org Cc: lists@necoro.eu Subject: Re: [gentoo-guis] Why I don't like catapult Message-ID: <20080402134045.1e59944b@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <47F37C08.6070809@necoro.eu> References: <20080330005741.48243ed8@snowcone> <47EFCE30.8030800@necoro.eu> <20080330223830.739a5d88@snowcone> <47F0162B.2040800@necoro.eu> <20080401120430.7fd4e1a6@googlemail.com> <47F2427E.4070704@necoro.eu> <20080402093452.1bb6582a@snowcone> <47F374DA.4050203@necoro.eu> <20080402130647.7743d074@googlemail.com> <47F37C08.6070809@necoro.eu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Graphical User Interfaces Project X-BeenThere: gentoo-guis@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-guis@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/JU8cl7/Cu_gYmb=6CaUm=09"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 13aea31d-8445-40ef-87cd-8a36f30ac17b X-Archives-Hash: c7aa946ce39f2b6518ca0f2eea33f68b --Sig_/JU8cl7/Cu_gYmb=6CaUm=09 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:28:56 +0200 Ren=C3=A9 'Necoro' Neumann wrote: > > And thus the GUI will end up delivering a half-arsed minimally > > functional toy. That isn't what users need. >=20 > This ended in a fully functional tool - but with a restricted feature > set. This isn't an issue for most users though - because the > additional features won't be needed by most users. Ah, the Gnome mentality... Except it doesn't work. Most users need at least one feature that most users don't need. > Again: There is a working GUI with it's user base already existing, > which _can_ use Catapult already. And I won't describe it as > "minimally functional toy". I would. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/JU8cl7/Cu_gYmb=6CaUm=09 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH837Q96zL6DUtXhERAuf+AKCxhQb0lZ0bqJgQrrsoQGpI9xMfaACgp/NA 0xtwahntS3GQwFX9Of8nkLM= =8N4U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/JU8cl7/Cu_gYmb=6CaUm=09-- -- gentoo-guis@lists.gentoo.org mailing list