[ProgSoc] Re: UIs (was: Re: JobSoc)

[Rob Lowe <robert@nospam.access.com.au>]

Pete,

On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Peter Ling Chung wrote:

] I was wondering.. what is the best interface by far?

Do the words "religious war" mean anything to you ? I'm not touching this with
a ten foot pole :)

What criteria should evaluation be made: consistency, configurability,
performance, usability etc. ???

] X-windows? KDE? , CDE?

I'd go as far as to split X-windows into different window managers: fvwm1/2,
fvwm95, Afterstep, OpenLook, E etc.

] win9X/NTX
] Next
] Xerox
] Mac Os? <--- can't leave that out.. just for fairness can I .. hiakz. =)
] Solaris's CDE..
] 
] Any comments?

Different interfaces have different +ives and -ives, depending on the
requirements and user's experience.

Rob.

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  Robert Lowe                                 robert@nospam.access.com.au    
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