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The article was arguing that the Windows registry implementation is bad. He thankfully avoided the usual unix vs windows philosophizing. Basically it's a borin
by glymor 17y ago
The article was arguing that the Windows registry implementation is bad. He thankfully avoided the usual unix vs windows philosophizing.
Basically it's a boring debate as Linux does have a number of X windows related registries. For example GConf and X resources (xrdb).
- bitwize 17y ago"Linux does have a number of X windows related registries" There's your problem right there. The correct number is ONE. ONE registry, ONE widget set, ONE global, standard, accepted set of keybindings. That's what the Linux community needs to make happen in order to be taken seriously as a desktop OS.
- Luyt 17y agoI'm glad I have some choices left. Your wish to have only ONE of anything sounds a bit constrained to me.
- FooBarWidget 17y agoAs opposed to Mac OS X, where many apps can't agree on which key binding to use for switching tabs to the left or right? Alt+Cmd+Left/Right in TextMate and Firefox, Alt+Left/Right in Adium and iTerm, Apple's own apps use Alt+[/]. Or Windows where there are a gazillion of widget sets that only happen to look like each other? MFC, WinForms, VCL, Fox, FLTK, Tk, WTL, etc. not to mention that almost every commercial app thinks it's cool to use custom controls that don't look or behave like the rest of the system. And these are supposed to be serious desktop OSes?