[indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris GUI

[Tim Bray]

On Oct 24, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Mario Goebbels wrote:

> Gnome or KDE in themselves aren't the issue. The themes are. Window  
> borders, control themes, icons, fonts (including hinting and  
> antialiasing), size of paddings/spacings and margins, colors,  
> dimensions of controls, and so on. In my opinion, especially wrong  
> fonts and spacing are a deal breakers.
>
> Looking at how e.g. Gnome’s default style looks, as it does right  
> now, compared to what Windows or MacOSX look like, it makes me wrap  
> my arms around my head. And it can be fixed

Boy, that just touched a hot button.  If Indiana could be structured  
in such a way that anti-aliasing isn't an optional extra, that would  
be a qualitative step forward for open-source operating systems.  And  
you'd get cries of joy from a substantial number of obsessive (but  
influential) thought leaders.  -Tim