Re: GUIs: Motif or ...? (was Re: tlug: Fw: Could Linux Kill NT?)

[Matt Gushee <matt@example.com>]

Manuel Chakravarty writes:
 > > Just for the record, Windows is not my standard for judging GUIs --
 > > OS/2 is. Fantastic interface, just not enough native apps or support.
 > 
 > Never used it.  What's so good about it?

Let's see ...

Drag and drop works consistently for any operation anywhere. Context
menus do sensible things for any object. You can easily create
shortcuts ("shadows" in OS/2-ese) of any object anywhere, with the
menu or by drag-and-drop. Not too different from Win95, but more
cleanly and consistently implemented. You also get by default a
program launcher to which you can add any number of buttons -- vs. the 
Win95 "start menu" where every program is crammed into one giant
cascade (bugs the hell out of me, though I guess some people like
it). You can easily delete or hide anything you don't want on your
desktop -- no Microsoft Network icon-type nonsense. You can configure
menus, program associations, etc. for individual icons or for classes
of icons.

There's probably more, but ... it's been a long time. And I've gotta
get back to work ;-)

Cheers,
Matt
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