X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=+muiLaiEFiqyUeYBbLlM6SKyPxiAJrb/U+kfRJzRIsU=; b=zpSYGSOCzh2kUwn9WjrP9j6XAB8woB30inmTOB8PkFsX4H98vIuNQFsSc35DCE3wnh 4zvrzNsB6SyAhivnNWVxsVjA5+9KwS6jw4TW/x1P35KOe2oj0CBS+duqD+dkKPgKyglo j1GWj07DHMs2trjiaitqXkZbjXMIyXzZNFXthy3Whuuy7/P0PuhcNn/TrrY3T4il0vrG tmfudpq35OFB9oGBIE5al1rbRHfZoCj2DuHBMkASh09X6U9VnEQvXTtfhgiiTNGMGBK2 SMsk7UEVIUECm2qLuRtG09ue+RsPW7Hchv67KbrDxx8rdcFOIrthNDyPVunZEIuv7kBe 0VSg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+muiLaiEFiqyUeYBbLlM6SKyPxiAJrb/U+kfRJzRIsU=; b=NLwv1BDvK8S7Y56AjYvTkY3juB5REukg+XCnYoEMUhYAlWzx4Lwf8u+QxLmG/CelHS sdMSnXv3IKNhOlTHJJ1OZJw5FO24KldGSMlhG/r/1sDMJxLR4vkDXedCq6iu4ghbI9FM qPpwyiBPTkA30E1cEwZyC2nwWNjzIWRQmG4+0lKsJr6gpfKWTi8QA1BmYMlNwSGRwRRC 2072rt1b/5ymwZ6Nu8MRMQJYxoWOR1n5dEo0Tni1MH8oyvY0pQHGrNM5DRk9YICTcn0a 48ALEisWgU+9uMR24nn4ajjFS8UX6lLlWn30ZMBDwvhadtGkdrhbWMBSBZYOPYbKN5Wq IB7w== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tIFb3TOfvQPLeANiyz5OCBrwkAyIJDC4YCcFhJCJtbvJVraB5bjzc5cXrXvnUFrMA== X-Received: by 10.28.197.68 with SMTP id v65mr46732622wmf.2.1469527854879; Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:10:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:10:52 +0200 From: "Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] Stay or go? --> gui Message-Id: <20160726121052.b37ee47eb2d7a773f6196a12@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <98D1C4E4-581D-4A03-94E4-E0330960EADF AT wellesley DOT edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.0beta1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > > OTOH, gEDA developers have to figure out how to move forward > > embrace current and future user needs (The usual stuff like: usability, > > modern work flow, modern gui and etc...) Candidly, at our organization, > > we do not see this happening. > ... > > I experience "modern gui and etc" as requiring tons of desptopy > libraries, which may sooner or later lead to the requirement to install > systemd just to be able to run a cad application. GUI including hot keys work fine. Modern GUI is like changing plastic shell on telephone, still the same buttons and screen.