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On 7 October 2015 at 16:21, <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:

> I am not against change, if it's driven by a real need. What I dislike is
> changing the GUI [in an app] not because we want to change it, not because
> we want to have a better GUI or want to exploit the new features, but
> because the GUI has a newer version and the old version we use is simply
> obsolete and will not be easily available in the near future.
>

What you describe here happened to qucs when qt3 faded. The port to qt4 was
not trivial and several people burned-out in the process. Qt4 didn't add
significant features to me as an end user which couldn't have been solved
with qt3. Now qt5 is supposed to be easier to port to from qt4, but so far
qucs is not on qt5. Maybe it happens when qt4 fades.


>
> I also find it unsustainable long term that GUI libs get more and more
> complex potentially causing application developers to spend more and more
> time on just keeping up with their changes. I know this is an unpopular
> opinion, especially from end user's perspective.
>

The end user who wants to get things done hardly complains about missing
eye candy. Xemacs hasn't changed very much in GUI and neither has vim.
Modelsim use Tcl/Tk for their GUI, and even if it is not translucent, I
create mega-buck products with this archaic GUI. I can even script it with
Tcl. And Tcl hasn't changed much in decades.

Anyway, I am using openbox on LXDE so I basically miss all the GNOME and
KDE fancy features. No big loss, they never made me productive same way
windows never made me productive. But in the end the big question is: Who
is supposed to be satisfied with an application?

-- 
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On 7 October 2015 at 16:21,  <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:gedau@=
igor2.repo.hu" target=3D"_blank">gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<=
br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left=
:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=3D":4r2" class=3D"a3s" style=3D"o=
verflow:hidden">I am not against change, if it&#39;s driven by a real need.=
 What I dislike is changing the GUI [in an app] not because we want to chan=
ge it, not because we want to have a better GUI or want to exploit the new =
features, but because the GUI has a newer version and the old version we us=
e is simply obsolete and will not be easily available in the near future.<b=
r></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What you describe here happened to=
 qucs when qt3 faded. The port to qt4 was not trivial and several people bu=
rned-out in the process. Qt4 didn&#39;t add significant features to me as a=
n end user which couldn&#39;t have been solved with qt3. Now qt5 is suppose=
d to be easier to port to from qt4, but so far qucs is not on qt5. Maybe it=
 happens when qt4 fades.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x"><div id=3D":4r2" class=3D"a3s" style=3D"overflow:hidden">
<br>
I also find it unsustainable long term that GUI libs get more and more comp=
lex potentially causing application developers to spend more and more time =
on just keeping up with their changes. I know this is an unpopular opinion,=
 especially from end user&#39;s perspective.<span class=3D""><br></span></d=
iv></blockquote></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div>The end user who=
 wants to get things done hardly complains about missing eye candy. Xemacs =
hasn&#39;t changed very much in GUI and neither has vim. Modelsim use Tcl/T=
k for their GUI, and even if it is not translucent, I create mega-buck prod=
ucts with this archaic GUI. I can even script it with Tcl. And Tcl hasn&#39=
;t changed much in decades.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div=
><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Anyway, I am using openbox on LXDE so I basical=
ly miss all the GNOME and KDE fancy features. No big loss, they never made =
me productive same way windows never made me productive. But in the end the=
 big question is: Who is supposed to be satisfied with an application?<br><=
/div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signature">Svenn</div></div>

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