[Mageia-dev] About Mandriva tools future : Host Mandriva tools on github

Fri Oct 1 15:15:26 CEST 2010

2010/10/1 Tux99 <tux99-mga at uridium.org>:
+> On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Fabrice Facorat wrote:
+>
+>> This is about making some decisions about some tools. Some of the
+>> Mandriva tools have outdate UI, cluttered UI and even are sometimes
+>> buggy.
+>> The situation persists since many years already, so at some point we
+>> should ask ourself : are we going to rewrite them, notably the UI, to
+>> make them be more 2010, or should we use another tool with another
+>> GUI.
+>
+> Personally I don't see anything wrong with the GUI of the draktools.
+
+there's many things wrong. Just try Wndows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 tools
+http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/themes
+http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/29/installing-iis-7-on-windows-server-2008-or-windows-server-2008-r2/
+http://www.verboon.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/2010061520h01_291.png
+http://4sysops.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/windows-server-2008-r2-bpa.png
+
+> If imrpoving them means to rewrite them from scratch or replace them
+> with inferior tools from other distros, then that would be a big effort
+> and/or step backwards just for the estetics.
+>
+> Substance counts a lot more than appearance to me.
+
+again you're somewhat wrong
+
+iPod and iPhones are inferirors products technically speaking, but
+they have better appearance ( good marketing, which is about
+appearance ) and so are successful.
+
+
+
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