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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ).
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 07:25:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-05-10, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> 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.

I'm denying that they're ugly. What applications are you talking about? 
Maybe it's only the ones I don't use. 

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