Re: [ros-kernel] Re: ROS gui

[Eric K. <ek...@rz...>]

"Royce Mitchell III" <ro...@ev...> wrote:


> We have a fundamental difference in philosophy :)
>
> Here's why I said what I said:
>
> I consider myself a power user. Almost everyone who knows me calls me to
fix
> their computer problems. I'm the local "computer geek". I've had a lot of
> experience reinstalling Windows, and the most annoying thing about
> reinstalling Windows is having to reconfigure Windows and the applications
> with the settings I want. When applications use INI files, I don't have to
> reconfigure them! They work with the new OS! Applications that use the reg
> have to be reinstalled most of the time, although some applications (
> PageMaker 6.5 & TurboCad 6 Professional for example ) will just recreate
> their registry entries; although I still have to reconfigure them for my
> preferences.

I guess a registry backup applications that ignores system settings could
fix this.


> On animations, there are ways to show that a program is working that
doesn't
> require resource-intensive animations. Progress dialogs are a good
example.
> Another way is to have count-up/down timers, and status text windows
> explaining what's happening at that moment.

A progress bar that sticks at the 35% mark for five minutes will make the
user believe the application froze. That's what I thought when I installed
OpenOffice two weeks ago.


> Most settings are a matter of a bool or int. How much memory does that
> really take up?

How much memory do waste by not using hand-optimized assemly language but
C++, C# or a 4GL language? It always depends on which prize you are willing
to pay.


Eric