Re: ANNOUNCE: Style Guide available for review.

[Russell Nelson <nelson crynwr com>]

Shawn T. Amundson writes:
 > On 13 Feb 1998, Russell Nelson wrote:
 > 
 > > But the first paragraph of the guidelines says:
 > > 
 > >   o All functions of the application should be available through the
 > >     default user interface.
 > > 
 > > I can't set the ping speed inside your program.
 > 
 > This rule is absurd.
 > 
 > Applications should be written in such a way as to provide an
 > easy to use interface to the user.  This means striking a median
 > between power and flexability.  It does not mean bloating a
 > traceroute GUI to the point of user confusion.

Does anyone know what Gnome is?

I'm not trying to dictate anything particularly since I haven't (yet)
contributed anything, but it certainly seems that a number of
participants (in the mailing list anyway) are confused about what
Gnome is.

If Gnome is a desktop, then UI consistency is not bloat.  Period.

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