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GTK+ TTY Port

Posted by michael on from the curses-foiled-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "FootNotes is reporting about what might be the coolest thing since textmode Quake: a curses-based GTK-2.0 port called Cursed GTK. This not only makes it possible to give Gnome the look and feel of Contiki, but also brings many real opportunities, such as remote logins where X forwarding is not possible, or remote logins over very slow modem lines. Screenshots here, here, here and here! Patches for bugs are welcomed by the authors."

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  1. Forgot by brokencomputer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You forgot to mention how great this will be for slow computers with low ram. I can't wait to try this out on my P1!

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  2. Eye Candy by femto · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Those screen shots actually look quite usable. (Well, no worse than the original versions of 'Turbo C'.)

    It's interesting that once the flashy grapics is stripped away, today's user interface looks (and functions?) basically the same as yesterdays. Perhaps much of what we call 'advances in user interface' is just eye candy, or am I being deceived by appearances?