> Will the Tk widgets now integrate with the rest of the desktop, > in terms of using the same theme settings that other programs use?
Only on Windows and (to a lesser degree) Mac OSX.
On X11, the situation is unchanged -- Gtk+ apps have one set of theme parameters, Qt apps have another; and the same holds for Tk. So unless someone has taken the time to develop a Tk theme that matches your preferred Gtk+ and/or Qt theme, Tk apps will look different.
Also note that themability is done using a new collection of widgets; existing Tk applications won't magically become skinnable. However, the default settings for the core widgets on X11 *have* been refreshed, and Tk uses Xft now, so most existing apps *will* look better under X. They just won't necessarily match the desktop.
Tk's new default look on X11 is very spartan -- it's close to the Gnome "Simple" theme from circa 2003 -- but at least it doesn't look like 1996-era Motif anymore!
I don't have enough UI design experience (or hubris) to say for sure what the *CORRECT WAY* is, but speaking for myself, the way Firefox does things is a perfect match for my browsing habits.
When doing research or surfing for fun, I spend a lot of time chasing links -- click on something that looks interesting, click on something else from that page, back up and pick up where I left off, chase something else, back again, forward again. After ten minutes or so, the history stack can get pretty deep.
"Open link in new tab" is good for chasing tangents. Here I like Firefox's approach slightly better than Mozilla's -- open the tab in the background so I can check it out later instead of looking at it right now. Either way works OK, but in neither case do I want the new tab to remember the browsing history from the old one. If there's already a dozen entries in the back-button stack and I start chasing a tangent, I want the new tab to start a new stack; otherwise you get a lot of "Oh, I've seen this before" on the way back out.
I for one would love to switch. The only reason I ever boot into Windows anymore is to run Quicken, and the only reason I still use Quicken is because my bank won't talk to GnuCash.
Yeah, but look at the other end of the spectrum: if you get caught in Norfolk VA with a large enough quantity of cocaine -- 6 grams, for instance -- that can land you in jail for ten years.
Now spamming is at *least* as harmful to society as being in posession of 6 grams of cocaine. I say lock 'em for 11 years.
Lotus Improv certainly sounds like something truly nifty (Google for it, there are a handful of articles about it on the web besides the one cited above). Which reminds me of Lotus Agenda, another reportedly supercool application that you can only read about today.
I wonder how many other revolutionary applications Lotus developed and later buried?
"the worst impact of sending Word format is on people who might switch to free systems"
Feh. The *worst* impact is that MSWord is one of the most common vectors for virus propagation. The second worst is that it forces the recipient back onto the treadmill of endless upgrades if the sender uses a newer version of Word.
People who want to switch to free systems can do so at any time; sending them Word documents only prevents them from getting rid of MSWord altogether.
I don't use Word myself, and frequently have to tell people not to send me stuff in that format, but RMS overstates his case.
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> Will the Tk widgets now integrate with the rest of the desktop,
> in terms of using the same theme settings that other programs use?
Only on Windows and (to a lesser degree) Mac OSX.
On X11, the situation is unchanged -- Gtk+ apps have one set of theme parameters, Qt apps have another; and the same holds for Tk. So unless someone has taken the time to develop a Tk theme that matches your preferred Gtk+ and/or Qt theme, Tk apps will look different.
Also note that themability is done using a new collection of widgets; existing Tk applications won't magically become skinnable. However, the default settings for the core widgets on X11 *have* been refreshed, and Tk uses Xft now, so most existing apps *will* look better under X. They just won't necessarily match the desktop.
Tk's new default look on X11 is very spartan -- it's close to the Gnome "Simple" theme from circa 2003 -- but at least it doesn't look like 1996-era Motif anymore!
Yeah, whatever. Setting up SPF might (or might not) be helpful for something, but it won't do a thing to decrease the volume of spam being sent.
> Perhaps you can specify some of their alleged contributions?
The combobox and the scroll wheel are the first things that come to mind. I'm sure there are more.
I don't have enough UI design experience (or hubris) to say for sure what the *CORRECT WAY* is, but speaking for myself, the way Firefox does things is a perfect match for my browsing habits.
When doing research or surfing for fun, I spend a lot of time chasing links -- click on something that looks interesting, click on something else from that page, back up and pick up where I left off, chase something else, back again, forward again. After ten minutes or so, the history stack can get pretty deep.
"Open link in new tab" is good for chasing tangents. Here I like Firefox's approach slightly better than Mozilla's -- open the tab in the background so I can check it out later instead of looking at it right now. Either way works OK, but in neither case do I want the new tab to remember the browsing history from the old one. If there's already a dozen entries in the back-button stack and I start chasing a tangent, I want the new tab to start a new stack; otherwise you get a lot of "Oh, I've seen this before" on the way back out.
I for one would love to switch. The only reason I ever boot into Windows anymore is to run Quicken, and the only reason I still use Quicken is because my bank won't talk to GnuCash.
Yeah, but look at the other end of the spectrum: if you get caught in Norfolk VA with a large enough quantity of cocaine -- 6 grams, for instance -- that can land you in jail for ten years.
Now spamming is at *least* as harmful to society as being in posession of 6 grams of cocaine. I say lock 'em for 11 years.
Lotus Improv certainly sounds like something truly nifty (Google for it, there are a handful of articles about it on the web besides the one cited above). Which reminds me of Lotus Agenda, another reportedly supercool application that you can only read about today.
I wonder how many other revolutionary applications Lotus developed and later buried?
RMS sez:
"the worst impact of sending Word format is on people who might switch to free systems"
Feh. The *worst* impact is that MSWord is one of the most common vectors for virus propagation. The second worst is that it forces the recipient back onto the treadmill of endless upgrades if the sender uses a newer version of Word.
People who want to switch to free systems can do so at any time; sending them Word documents only prevents them from getting rid of MSWord altogether.
I don't use Word myself, and frequently have to tell people not to send me stuff in that format, but RMS overstates his case.
'man xterm'. Under the section 'POINTER USAGE'. Somewhere around page 23.
Where did you expect it to be documented :-)?