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Common Interfaces for Gnome and KDE Released
An anonymous reader writes "Today OSDL and freedesktop.org announced the release of Portland 1.0, a set of common interfaces for GNOME and KDE. From the article: 'Specifically, these tools make installing and uninstalling menus, icons, and icon-resources easier for developers. They also can obtain the system's settings on how to handle different file types, and program access to email, the root account, preferred applications, and the screensaver. There's nothing new in this kind of functionality. What is new is that developers can use these regardless of which desktop environment -- KDE or GNOME -- they're targeting.'"
You're telling me they could have called it "Beaver" instead?
Think of how many more +5 Funny's we would have had.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my killbot features Lotus Notes and a machine gun. It is the finest available."
Wouldn't it be cool if you opened up "My Computer" and had a drive for every letter of the alphabet?
Too simple? I remember my mother's blank stare when she saw Ubuntu shut down for the first time: "why is it sending the KILL signal?"
The Portland API will have an option to turn on more options.
cpeterso
How is a common API going to reserve the differences in user interface? GNOME keeps things simple, a little too so for many users, why KDE is known for making more options available.
So how's that speech-recognition software test coming?
I have found there are just two ways to go.
It all comes down to livin' fast or dyin' slow. -REK, Jr.
I guess you meant are you right or are you wrong?
We've always been at war with Eurasia.
Sir, as a layabout whose sole owned tool is a bottle opener, let me assure you that this saying is untrue. More's the pity.
I quit!
> The strength of Windows in the corporate desktop is that everything is integrated together.
Wow, I want the version of Windows you've got!
Advanced users are users too!
The real Portland is in Maine. :)
The real Maine is on the bottom of Havanna harbor...
Try comparing it to having sex with either Roseanne Barr or Kate Moss. The basics are the same, but I'm sure look and feel alone will create a preference of one over the other.
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump ... are you religious or atheist?"
off. I immediately ran over and said, "Stop! Don't do it!"
"Why shouldn't I?" he said.
I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!"
"Like what?"
"Well
"Religious."
"Me too! Are you Christian or Jewish?"
"Christian."
"Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?"
"Protestant."
"Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"
"Baptist."
"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?"
"Baptist Church of God."
"Me too! Are you Original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of God."
"Wow! Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed
Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?"
"Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!"
To which I said, "Die, heretic scum!" and pushed him off.^W^W^W^W^W^W^W"That's ok, I am from 1879, but we can be friends anyway!"
DYWYPI?
'Cause if you put Roseanne over Kate, you'd never see kate.
Nope, no sig