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byedivad ( 1186799 ) writes:
Choice, many times becomes really fast synonym of fragmentation and lack of standard.
And this is just a bright example. The situation described is 100% conforming to reality, as far as UI kits and sound infrastructure.
byMidnight Thunder ( 17205 ) writes:
Choice, many times becomes really fast synonym of fragmentation and lack of standard. And this is just a bright example. The situation described is 100% conforming to reality, as far as UI kits and sound infrastructure.
Sounds like the strength is also its weakness.
The criticism made is a fair one, and it is only when there are vocal and influential enough developers do people actually stop to pay attention. I am sure there will be many Linux developers who will go on the defensive, but until you are the num
byosu-neko ( 2604 ) writes:
... but until you are the number one choice for the desktop ...
I care that my OS lets my programs share resources effectively and keeps my data safe. Why would I care whether 5%, 25%, or 95% of the other computer users in the world are running the same OS as me or not? It's not at all relevant what "the number one choice for the desktop" is, unless by "the desktop" you mean the computer on mydesktop. It's incredibly important that the OS is the #1 choice for mydesktop. As for other peoples... I know how different people are. It's a sign of a highly distorted mar
by4D6963 ( 933028 ) writes:
Why would you care that only 1% of the other computer users are running Linux too? Well, see, I'm a commercial programmer, and I made a program originally for Windows, and planned to port it to both Mac OS and Linux. While I got over 100 e-mails asking me for the Mac version, I've had 0 for the Linux version.
So I'm not going to port it to Linux, I have no reason to. Apparently the very few Linux users out there are content enough with running my program in Wine... Good for you if you're fine with that.
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byvadim_t ( 324782 ) writes:
So what is this program you made?
by4D6963 ( 933028 ) writes:
http://photosounder.com/ [photosounder.com]
byvadim_t ( 324782 ) writes:
Well, I'm not really surprised you're not getting a whole lot of demand.
Linux isn't really the best system for working with sound. And your page says "Mac OS and Linux versions coming soon", so if I wanted it, I'd see that and just wait for the release. Makes no sense to request something that you already said will be made.
Also, I find it very amusing that you went and made your own completely non-standard widget set.
Personal opinion: This sort of interface turns me off, because nearly all programs that do
by4D6963 ( 933028 ) writes:
lol yeah actually you're not the first person to comment about the custom GUI. But the thing is, I tried to make something mostly API/library independent (and I was right to do so considered how I just switched every library when making the Mac port), I find GUI toolkits complicated, ugly, not necessarily designed to do what I want, and well basically I just get a hell of a lot more freedom and power by doing my own thing in a framebuffer. What I did before I even started the project was drawing the interfa
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