bogs wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:46 pm
Funny enough, I seem to remember reading about how to fix just this kind of issue in linux (from way back in time). IF I find it again, I'll post it here for posterity
Well, I knew I'd
come across it again if I thought about it hard enough, clicked my heels together 3 times, and said "Theres NO place like..." oh wait, thats something else.
Anyhoo, seems that back in the mists of time (or at least around the 2.6'ish to 3.x era of Rev), the issue was with it not using the controls/decorations if it couldn't find the correct libs, although I don't think I've seen a .sh file installed in any of the many older environments I currently have.
Now, is this relevant today? Dunno, but I do know that things like menus, buttons, etc all fall under the libs discussed in this article. I'd say if your not getting the display your supposed to, it probably couldn't hurt to see if this works. For me, it is a little harder to tell because, well, like Richard pointed out, I not only like motif, I pretty near use it all the time.
FourthWorld wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:10 pm
bogs wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:56 pm
I wonder who determines when something is seldom used, though, I don't remember seeing a poll on it anywhere
I can't tell if you're being serious there or just having fun.
Does it have to be one or the other? I usually try to have it both ways
What percentage of users would you guess want a rapid way to make their UIs look 20 years old and in a platform-specific way?
I don't like guessing, and I have no information to base it on. The guy your asking currently does it all the time, and I suspect a lot of mobile dev's might run test machines to see if it looks right, but if I had to guess, I would guess that most people aren't crazy (like me).
In any case, who said that the choices had to stagnate at 20 year old UI looks? Keep the current choice and update the look to the last 5 years, or offer a range of looks, the ones you already have up to modern.
Now I would just bet, for the guy who is dev'ing for Winders on a nixen box (or mac from winders, or whatever), it would be boss to have the ability to see if the button / label / menu / tab pane looks right with 2 clicks (4, if you decided to change it back)
even if it is just emulated to look that way, it looked pretty close here for 20 years ago interfaces.
In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think lots might be interested in seeing that come to fruition.
bwmilby wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 2:05 am
Now I feel silly for not bringing this up a month ago... I noticed when building but thought it might have just been an
anomaly with my system.
I have
not been playing with your system