Re: [OctDev] GUI design

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 23 March 2012 19:02, Robert T. Short <address@hidden> wrote:
> All Jordi was trying to say (I think) was that if we are going to do it,
> then we need to quit fussing about the interface, pick a concept that
> works, and get on with it.  That makes sense.

Yep. This is exactly it. We have evidence of a concept that seems to
work. Look for reviews of GUI Octave online. Other than problems
because of the way it's built, people seem to universally praise it. I
have even heard people praise it more than Matlab's own interface,
which is why I think we should just replicate it.

Furthermore, Daniel, regarding GUI Octave and its prerogative to keep
itself closed, I'm not convinced that's true. From where I'm standing,
it looks like derivative work based on Octave, thus a GPL violation.
I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not sure of this, but I sure don't like
non-free stuff built on top of Octave. We gave the guy Octave, and he
won't give us back his GUI. So, let's make the best of it and just
take his design back, since that seems to be the part that he gave us.

- Jordi G. H.