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Rob Healey (rhealey@sirius.aggregate.com) wrote:
: In article <1993Nov29.223757.20592@mmm.mmm.com>,  <damercer@mmm.com> wrote:
: [ Stuff deleted ]

: >Use the selectColor resource to set the color you want to see when
: >radio buttons are selected,  for instance:
: >
: >*selectColor:  Red
: >

: [ Stuff deleted ]

: >Try setting the shadowThickness resource.  Setting it to 1 and setting
: >the topShadowColor == bottomShadowColor leaves a 2d button.  Setting
: >it to zero removes the button borders completely.   Of course,  you
: >also lose the animation of the button push as the top and bottom
: >colors swap.
: >
: >: There is no need for any button, shade or anything else on output only
: >: applications like a perfmeter or a clock.
: >
: >And in motif can easily be removed.
: >
: >I've used every major GUI.  I like Motif the best.
: >
:       
:       I FINALLY discovered why people are drawn to MOTIF! Like the PC
:       world it came out of, you have to ditz with it's equivelent of
:       a config.sys for hours or days in order to get it to work right!

:       What FUN is it if your Window system or OS has good defaults that
:       work right out of the box?!?!

:               1/2 B^),

:               -Rob

: #include <std/disclaimers.h>
: Speaking for myself only of course.

You don't have to ditz,  you can ditz.  That's a major difference.
The ditzing is normally done by the application programmers.  However,
users,  if they have the desire and knowledge,  can customize tehir
own setups.  That is not available to MSW and MAC users where you get
what someone else decides you want.  Of course,  really clever
applications have GUI interfaces to guide you to the right customizing
choices.

Where this flexibility really comes in handy is when you have to
adapt someone else's applications to fill a need in yours.

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Dan Mercer                                            Applications + Plus
Reply To:  damercer@mmm.com                           "The Mad Pedant"
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About a year ago I told the following joke which got a strong positive
reaction from only 1 in 5 (all males my age - 40+) and shrugs from the
rest.  I wonder if it is more relevant now?

"What does Mogadishu mean in Somali?"  Answer - "Saigon"