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On 07/26/2016 05:10 AM, Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> Modern GUI is like changing plastic shell on telephone, still the same buttons and screen.

Sure.  Orthogonal functions.  Toolkit.  Unixy.
We have those, and want more of separation of core functions from special apps, features.
Translation of symbols, footprints, schematics, netlists is a big thing that will attract more new people.
There are plenty of oddballs created in the world all the time.  So we'll have company!
No worry about geda-gaf becoming mainstream...it can exist in a niche just fine without that.

Like Evan said, "I encourage everyone else to find
a subset of the crowd and work on some thing."

Something good can shake out eventually.  No need for doom and gloom.