On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 12:44, Mike Frisch wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 09:22:11AM -0700, John McDermott wrote:
> > It is very, very nice to have the same UI on both windows and UNIX. It
> > makes writing manuals for environments where some prefer each system
>
> Is it *really* that difficult to take two screenshots- one Gtk and one
> Win32?
Yes. I did the last big update on the User's Guide. Screenshots and
their finishing is annoying at best. Additionally I don't use Windows
at all, so if there is a different gui that is only available under
Windows I have absolutely no way to get the screenshots.
Additionally the most tedious and unpleasant part of updating the
User's Guide is trying to clearly document all of the menus, menu
entries, dialogs, etc. Producing all of this textual information and
portraying confirming that what you write about it is correct is a
very interactive exercise. Again, I don't use Windows, so I can't
do the necessary interactions to confirm the textual information.
I have no problem with there being multiple guis available for ethereal
so long as they are cross platform.
Ed
>
> > much easier. The ability to change the look of gtk (i.e. with styles
> > applied external to the program) also makes it very nice. If anyone
>
> Yes, it is a great feature and when a theme comes along that's
> consistent and actually attractive, I will use it. It is funny to hear
> people touting the technical benefits of any UNIX running GNOME/Gtk on
> the desktop and then try and compare the appearance of Gtk with that of
> Windows.
>
> The Windows UI has been around for much longer than Gtk. It is
> obviously more mature and much more refined.
>
> > option. I, for one, prefer many aspects of GTK over those of Windows,
> > and I use both Windows and Linux a great deal.
>
> Without getting into an OS war, Windows XP has themeable controls now.
> I cannot imagine that Gtk offers anything over Windows in the UI
> department.
>
> This is all just my opinion, of course. Maybe somebody does like the
> ugliness of the default Gtk theme.
>
> Mike.
>
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