Re: project goal Re: Release schedule

[Helge Hess]

Willem Rein Oudshoorn wrote:
> So if people really want to try to make /gui/ into a success and have
> enough time the wise thing to do is to write an application.  This
> application should fill in a real need.  A new mail client or a new
> editor are very good to have and might persuade a few people, but if
> you want to get more people involved it should be something that is
> not readily available on other desktop systems.

The important and most difficult question is what those (killer) 
programs are ;-)

Mozilla works fine for me as a mailer and XEmacs as an editor. If I 
would have need for a "real" IDE, I think Eclipse would be the way to 
go, we have GIMP for painting and Evolution for Groupware, OpenOffice as 
the word processor.
Little left :-( Maybe an Access replacement.

So what are X11 users missing ? Eg I would suggest an OmniGraffle clone. 
That's something I really miss on X11. iChat is really cool too.

Maybe that's a way too, build simple applications, but a lot of them and 
in *high quality* (focus on quality instead of features like the other 
desktops often do). Eg Addressbook.app, iPhoto, iTunes, Mail on MacOSX 
are just fine, even though they don't have a lot of functionality.
The "killer" aspect would be that you have *everything* required and 
everything at the same level of quality.

regards,
  Helge
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