Re: [MiNT] BubbleGEM

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:04:40 , Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no> wrote:
> On 01/08/2011 03:29 PM, Peter Slegg wrote:
> > As a de-facto standard does it need to be loaded separately. Is there
> > any advantage to having it loadable ?
>
> Yes. You only run it if you need it/want to use it. It can easily be
> replaced. It can easily be maintaned. But most importantly, there's
> nothing with BubbleGEM that can be improved by moving it's functionality
> inside the OS.

It's no different to other features that were built into the OS in the
1980s.

If GEM has been written in the 90s then it would have had Bubble help
along with vector font support and other things that we expect to be
there.

Do we want the OS to stay in the 1980s ?

Peter