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Re: Mac-style Menubar for gtk/gnome!

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> __/ [ Aquila Deus ] on Monday 21 August 2006 11:48 \__
>
>> Aquila Deus wrote:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> > __/ [ Aquila Deus ] on Monday 21 August 2006 09:06 \__
>>> > I accessed the gallery after I had posted the previous message and found
>>> > there was a patch. So it's not a new feature/option in GNOME. I really
>>> > like your work on GNOME themes [1] (sub-pixel hinting in title fonts and
>>> > shadows
>>> > [2] noted as well [3]), but it's overly inspired by Apple. Even the icon
>>> > sets are derived from the sets that Apple distributes [4].
>>>
>>> Well, most parts of the desktop are not my work, but by compiz-quinn -
>>> I just added the last part, the most elegant mac menubar :)
>>>
>>> BTW the theme is not mine - you can find "GT4_white" by the original
>>> author on gnome-looks. It seems to be a port of some mac theme. And
>>> there isn't subpixel in my fontconfig; the text is slightly-blue, looks
>>> better than pure black :P
>>>
>>> >
>>> > As for Windows. Well... it has got some serious catching up to do [5].
>>>
>>> WindowBlinds 5 does some, but it's very unstable and slow with the my
>>> hardware, and hacking menubar is impossible for the primitive windows
>>> GUI I believe ;)
>> 
>> Vista should have fixed this, but i can't get it working anyway :(
>  
> Vista = XP, so it probably shouldn't matter. Proofs below:
>
> Exhibit #1:
>
> http://www.windowsxlive.net/index.php?page_id=15

You think a face pack for XP means that Vista is XP? Does that mean a
lisp package to make emacs more "vi like" means that emacs is really
vi? Puhleaze. Get a sense of proportion or grow up.

>
> Exhibit #2:
>
> http://blogs.technet.com/photos/blog_photo_gallery/images/440505/original.aspx

err? What?

> http://tinyurl.com/nwsam (mswatch.com)

They are provding an XP like UI for people with less powerful HW. Good
on them.

Are you sure you're not a reverse Troll whose sole purpose is to make
Windows look good at Linux's expense?

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