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In alt.linux beav AT wn DoT com DoT au <"beav AT wn DoT com DoT au"> wrote:
> Slashdot reports that development on Y-windows has been resumed.
> 
> The Story:
> 
> Y Window System Project Started
>     from the just-in-time-development dept.
>     posted by michael on Thursday February 19, @12:05 (gui)
>     http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/19/1628204
> 
> The artical includes a url to download the sourcecode, as well as Urls 
> to the development site.

I've seen these types of projects before, they look like a great idea but
the installed base that X11 already has is too powerful to overcome, so
projects like this one seem to come and go. (would anyone actually target
'Y' when targeting 'Y' means X11 users can't use the software? what about
the people using X-Terminals? )

Don't misunderstand me, I do think a better X would be nice, something with
the toolkits residing on the server, something that makes everything look
cohesive, with decent font control, etc.. 

I don't plan on getting my hopes up just yet, though. Maybe if an expert
comes up with a way to embed gtk IN an X11 server, with a stub library or
something that wraps the gtk functions <-> this specialized X11 server so
that gtk applications "think" they're talking to a regular X11 server,
making it possible to run the same exact application in both 'X' and 'X-y' or
something.. 

I don't know, I'm not a gtk OR X11 programmer, I just see too many obstacles
in the area of "installed base" to overcome.

Jamie