Re: [9fans] gtk port

[Randolph Fritz <randolph@cyber-dyne.com>]

In my view, arguing about usability--though very common--generates
more heat than light; there is simply no way to predict such things
without testing, making for a very different design regime than that
of a software system with a well-defined specification; in software
with a substantial HCI component, the user is the specification.

In my view, the visual component of an interface is an important means
of communication with the user, not simply decorative.  An
architectural example will perhaps help: who here has encountered a
building without a clearly indicated entrance?  Of those of us who
have, what was the experience of finding that entrance like?

Both of those things said, I agree that gnome/gtk/gdk is not very
9ish.  However, having them available will make Plan 9 more accessible
to a wider user and developer community, which seems to me likely to
be positive.

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Randolph Fritz
Eugene, Oregon, USA