Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:05:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: mbendiks@eunet.no, mladavac@metropolitan.at, nate@mt.sri.com, rivers@dignus.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, jabley@clear.co.nz Subject: RE: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <199904291305.JAA20952@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <55586E7391ACD211B9730000C11002761795F4@r-lmh-wi-100.corpnet.at>
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> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thomas David Rivers [SMTP:rivers@dignus.com] > > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 12:58 PM > > To: mbendiks@eunet.no; nate@mt.sri.com > > Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; jabley@clear.co.nz > > Subject: Re: Adding desktop support > > > > > > I point out that if the executable has no icon in it, then this > > "overrides" from the window manager would come into play, right? > > > > Since the "overrides" have to be there anyway - what's the advantage > > of putting the icon in the exe? > > > [ML] Convenience for the users. Just plain and simple. > > The same reason one has clickable icons in filemanagers/desktops > instead of starting an application from an xterm command line. Don't > ever underestimate the driving force of plain convenience (or don't you > ever use icon clicks to start something under X?) > > /Marino As it happens, on UNIX, nope - I quit doing that... for one very good reason. When I start something from an ICON, typically stderr is directed "away". And, typically, UNIX programs (including such mostly-GUI applications as Netscape) write useful information to stderr. So - after struggling for awhile with a particular problem, then trying to run the program from the command line and seeing the nice/helpful message which would have prevented a lot of frustration... I quit starting things by "clicking." - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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