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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] [Mageia-dev] About Mandriva tools future : Host Mandriva tools on github</H1>
<B>Fabrice Facorat</B>
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<I>Fri Oct 1 15:15:26 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>2010/10/1 Tux99 <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">tux99-mga at uridium.org</A>>:
><i> On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Fabrice Facorat wrote:
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</I>>><i> This is about making some decisions about some tools. Some of the
</I>>><i> Mandriva tools have outdate UI, cluttered UI and even are sometimes
</I>>><i> buggy.
</I>>><i> The situation persists since many years already, so at some point we
</I>>><i> should ask ourself : are we going to rewrite them, notably the UI, to
</I>>><i> make them be more 2010, or should we use another tool with another
</I>>><i> GUI.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Personally I don't see anything wrong with the GUI of the draktools.
</I>
there's many things wrong. Just try Wndows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 tools
<A HREF="http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/themes">http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/themes</A>
<A HREF="http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/29/installing-iis-7-on-windows-server-2008-or-windows-server-2008-r2/">http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/29/installing-iis-7-on-windows-server-2008-or-windows-server-2008-r2/</A>
<A HREF="http://www.verboon.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/2010061520h01_291.png">http://www.verboon.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/2010061520h01_291.png</A>
<A HREF="http://4sysops.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/windows-server-2008-r2-bpa.png">http://4sysops.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/windows-server-2008-r2-bpa.png</A>
><i> If imrpoving them means to rewrite them from scratch or replace them
</I>><i> with inferior tools from other distros, then that would be a big effort
</I>><i> and/or step backwards just for the estetics.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Substance counts a lot more than appearance to me.
</I>
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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