"Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
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> SuperKaramba and Plasma Packages
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | With the great intro provided about Plasma Packages to get Apple's
> Dashboard
> | Widgets running, it follows a screenshot that shows SuperKaramba - yes,
> it
> | works with legacy *.skz files.
> `----
>
> http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3305
>
> Wow.

Wow - Is that FUGLY. If it's "beauty" that's supposed to lure new users
over then seeing this thing will have them running for Vista or a Mac.

Exactly what part of that screenshot is supposed to be impressive anyway?



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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Troy Kirkland

wrote
on Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:23:56 -0500
<47cc36af$0$25999$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>:
>
> "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
> news:8674531.MWBqWMHQZ1@schestowitz.com...
>> SuperKaramba and Plasma Packages
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | With the great intro provided about Plasma Packages to get Apple's
>> Dashboard
>> | Widgets running, it follows a screenshot that shows SuperKaramba - yes,
>> it
>> | works with legacy *.skz files.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3305
>>
>> Wow.
>
> Wow - Is that FUGLY. If it's "beauty" that's supposed to lure new users
> over then seeing this thing will have them running for Vista or a Mac.
>
> Exactly what part of that screenshot is supposed to be impressive anyway?
>

None. Everyone should just use Microsoft Windows Vista and shut up. :-P

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"The Ghost In The Machine" wrote in message
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> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Troy Kirkland
>
> wrote
> on Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:23:56 -0500
> <47cc36af$0$25999$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>:
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
>> news:8674531.MWBqWMHQZ1@schestowitz.com...
>>> SuperKaramba and Plasma Packages
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | With the great intro provided about Plasma Packages to get Apple's
>>> Dashboard
>>> | Widgets running, it follows a screenshot that shows SuperKaramba -
>>> yes,
>>> it
>>> | works with legacy *.skz files.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3305
>>>
>>> Wow.
>>
>> Wow - Is that FUGLY. If it's "beauty" that's supposed to lure new users
>> over then seeing this thing will have them running for Vista or a Mac.
>>
>> Exactly what part of that screenshot is supposed to be impressive anyway?
>>
>
> None. Everyone should just use Microsoft Windows Vista and shut up. :-P

So can you explain the part of the screenshot that's so very beautiful and
should get a "Wow" response from people? It looks lame, very lame to me.



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"Troy Kirkland" wrote in message
news:47cc4e41$0$26085$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
>
>
> So can you explain the part of the screenshot that's so very beautiful and
> should get a "Wow" response from people? It looks lame, very lame to me.
>
It will get a "Wow!" response from some of the Linux fans. No one else will
see it. The "Wow!" factor in their minds is created whenever something that
is not Windows is seen, since it doesn't remind them of their failure in the
marketplace and so bum them out.

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Troy Kirkland

wrote
on Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:04:28 -0500
<47cc4e41$0$26085$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>:
>
> "The Ghost In The Machine" wrote in message
> news:5k1u95-j5h.ln1@sirius.tg00suus7038.net...
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Troy Kirkland
>>
>> wrote
>> on Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:23:56 -0500
>> <47cc36af$0$25999$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>:
>>>
>>> "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
>>> news:8674531.MWBqWMHQZ1@schestowitz.com...
>>>> SuperKaramba and Plasma Packages
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | With the great intro provided about Plasma Packages to get Apple's
>>>> Dashboard
>>>> | Widgets running, it follows a screenshot that shows SuperKaramba -
>>>> yes,
>>>> it
>>>> | works with legacy *.skz files.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3305
>>>>
>>>> Wow.
>>>
>>> Wow - Is that FUGLY. If it's "beauty" that's supposed to lure new users
>>> over then seeing this thing will have them running for Vista or a Mac.
>>>
>>> Exactly what part of that screenshot is supposed to be impressive anyway?
>>>
>>
>> None. Everyone should just use Microsoft Windows Vista and shut up. :-P
>
> So can you explain the part of the screenshot that's
> so very beautiful and should get a "Wow" response
> from people? It looks lame, very lame to me.
>

It is lame. Rounded corners should be shot on sight,
there's so much wasted space one can drive a truck through
the widget/display edges, way too many colors and fonts
used, and of course the icons are all far too big.

The ideal display would be along the lines of a Motif or
Athena XAW widget affair, with the modification that the
XAW toggle buttons (which are visually indistinguishable
from XAW Command [button] widgets) would be replaced with
something that looks more like Motif, except without the
pseudo-3D highlighting (one gets either an open or a filled
diamond), and the scrollbars would behave like modern ones.

That way, not only does one get a display system that
works on far cheaper monochrome units, one can also print
it out without shading/dithering tricks.

Of course, since Microsoft Windows Vista didn't go that
route, we might as well use it, even though it does have
rounded corners, many colors, and a lot of fonts.

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"amicus_curious" writes:

> "Troy Kirkland" wrote in message
> news:47cc4e41$0$26085$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
>>
>>
>> So can you explain the part of the screenshot that's so very
>> beautiful and should get a "Wow" response from people? It looks
>> lame, very lame to me.
>>
> It will get a "Wow!" response from some of the Linux fans. No one else
> will see it. The "Wow!" factor in their minds is created whenever
> something that is not Windows is seen, since it doesn't remind them of
> their failure in the marketplace and so bum them out.
>

I must admit that I fail to see whats so wow. Its yet another disjoint
effort from what I can gather.

First question asked?

,----
| I guess this has been asked before, but what's the reason you keep
| developing superkaramba as separate API instead of porting good widgets
| over to plasma dataengines/visualisations?
`----

People trying to be big dogs in small compounds I am afraid.

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:23:56 -0500, Troy Kirkland wrote:

> "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
> news:8674531.MWBqWMHQZ1@schestowitz.com...
>> SuperKaramba and Plasma Packages
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| With the great intro provided about Plasma Packages to get Apple's
>> Dashboard
>>| Widgets running, it follows a screenshot that shows SuperKaramba - yes,
>> it
>>| works with legacy *.skz files.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3305
>>
>> Wow.
>
> Wow - Is that FUGLY. If it's "beauty" that's supposed to lure new users
> over then seeing this thing will have them running for Vista or a Mac.
>
> Exactly what part of that screenshot is supposed to be impressive anyway?

That is ugly looking.

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