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On Fri, 10 May 2024 16:33:51 +0000, RonB wrote:

> On 2024-05-09, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>> Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>
>>> On 2024-05-08 6:06 p.m., rbowman wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 8 May 2024 12:04:28 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> At least Windows doesn't display non-working app menu items, as
>>>>> Linux used to do a LOT.  Click them and nothing happens.  Resolving
>>>>> them was FAR more troublesome than the Registry fix I showed.
>>>> 
>>>> When was 'used to do'?  1998?
>>>
>>> Actually, DFS showed this to be the case recently, and many times over
>>> the last few years. This is not an old problem; it's a problem Linux
>>> distributions have yet to iron out. The lack of polish is very
>>> noticeable.
>>
>> Name the offending apps, please.
> 
> In other words, they don't look like Windows' apps.
> 
> That's all surface. More of DFS' GUI obsession.

It's not a matter of looking like Windows apps; it's that they often look 
like something made by a blind 12-year-old. They ARE often ugly, and there 
is really no denying that. However, they _do_ the job, and that's what 
they should be evaluated on.