Re: Look and Feel

[Jesse Ross]

> OTOH the NeXT-style menu palette is:
>
> - still reasonably easy to navigate
> - more flexible because it can be torn off, which aids on large 
> screens (which more and more people have these days). You can't tear 
> off a menu bar because it isn't compact enough, and when *not* at the 
> edge of the screen, such a small, wide window is actually *harder* to 
> hit.
> - more distinct, and thus good for GNUstep's brand image

And for these reasons, and the fact that it's already the default, the 
palette menu should stay the default for GNUstep.

Of course, as with the theme discussion previously, this is one of 
those places where the individual desktop distributors are free to 
customize as they see fit for their audience of users. It doesn't 
necessarily help the "brand" image of GNUstep, but different distros 
have different requirements, and should cater to the needs and skill 
levels of their audience, rather than try to fill a dogmatic 
requirement to "look" like NeXTSTEP.


J.