GORM 1.0 Release to Take on GNOME/KDE?

qa'lth writes "Today marks the occasion of the release of Gorm 1.0, the Interface Builder for the GNUstep project, and with its release, comes the obsolesence of the GNOME and KDE projects. Finally, today, Free Software users can enjoy the power of a well-designed, powerful object-oriented system derived from OpenStep, legacy to the acclaimed MacOSX, through GNUstep, our loving reimplementation of the OpenStep standard."

Comments

open step vs cocoa

[minus_273]

I think three things will really help GNUstep. the first it the ability to read nib files. If GORM can load a OSX nib file, it will allows people to port the thousands of OSX apps they have made to GNUstep. Second, if they chnaged their target to Cocoa (link it to a version of OSX and release new versions with each release to add features).
The third and final thing is the appearance. GNUstep will never be popular looking thw way it does now. The default look looks too much like 1994 and unfortunately, many people will judge it based on that.

OSX + linux cross platform development would be a HUGE boost to linux.

Re:Riiight.

[GreyWolf3000]

I think it was meant as a joke.

However, gnustep has been themed, and it can look pretty good. From a UI perspective, I really like how consistent and polished the interface is, even when it's in the default "prosaic" grey. And it's not only easy to learn, it's also easy to use. From a usability perspective, I think it's much more intelligently designed than Gnome or KDE.

Re:Riiight.

[molnarcs]

I think it was meant as a joke.

Then the guy must have a very good sense of irony ;) It is interesting to see how (at the moment) slashdot tries to decide whether it was a joke or not :)) I wonder which reading of this story will win out :) Currently I can't decide - but yeah, at first sight, it didn't occur to me that it was a joke :)

I'm not a developer - but follow the development of various desktop closely (mainly KDE and enlightenment). I'm also a thinkerer, and I like to try out alternative desktops once in a while, including Afterstep, windowmaker, and the likes (that follow the same UI paradigm seen in gnustep) - and I noticed that there was very little or no development at all of these desktops in the past few (3-4) years. I have to admit that both wmaker and afterstep are different from other desktopts, but I won't apostrophize that difference as revolutionary. And I don't see where it would take (even with rapid development tools) the current desktop paradigms (or how it compares to future ones, like plasma). In short: I don't see the vision, the why this is soo cool aspect. You wrote: "From a usability perspective, I think it's much more intelligently designed than Gnome or KDE." - yeah, but whose usability? It is really really difficult to define an objective usability perspective. I don't dispute your claim, I just don't understand it :))

Re:Gorm Videos Demonstrations

[roard]

Whew! After all that mousewaving I finally got through it.

Did you notice that there's actually sound (as in me, talking and making sense of all the mousewaving) in those videos ? :-)

what I'm seeing here is Visual Basic, with object orientation. Not to knock it because of this.

Frankly, no, it's vastly different. Or, in a way, yes, it's "VB with object orientation"... but:

• Properly done
• With easy integration of custom objects, custom views, custom widgets
• Not tied to graphical objects (you can also manage and connect non-graphical objects)
• Less code to type
• Emphasis on a good design (MVC)
• Cross platform
• Target/Action paradigm
• Wonderful programming framework (use of delegates, etc)

So yes, it's "VB with OO" if you want to see it that way :-D but it's FAR from following the "VB paradigm".