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  ...if it starts looking like a dumbed-down iPad app, I for one will
stop using it. (or stop updating)  John's point of view is shared by
others.  These are power tools, for use by people who aren't afraid to
actually LEARN something in order to gain access to great power.  I
think there are maybe twenty or thirty such people left in the world
today. ;)

                -Dave

On 01/24/2014 03:25 PM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> John Griessen wrote:
>>> I think the only option for a UI in 2014 is
>>
>> gEDA tool users
> 
> Speak for yourself.
> 
> The point is that as good as pcb is for you and me, new users compare
> it with whatever else they know, and do not understand anything about
> the advanced features.
> 
> 
>> don't like to have ONLY one option...
>> they like scriptability, command line possibilities,
>> and configuration choice for the UI menus.
> 
> Yeah, and none of that is mutually exclusive with a modern intuitive UI.
> 
> I think you're just afraid that someone will take your toys, but there's
> no reason for that. I don't expect someone else to write a GUI for me
> but I do think it is quite meaningful to be aware of what the rest of
> the world does.
> 
> New developers have to come from somewhere.
> 
> 
> //Peter
> 


-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA

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