2010/1/24 Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > André Harms <andre.harms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> So I thought about developing a new kind of GUI for Git that looks >> modern and attractive > > Every once in a while, someone comes and says "Git GUIs aren't as good > as I'd expect, I'll write my own". The result is that we have a myriad > of GUIs (see > http://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools#Graphical_Interfaces ), > many of them being half-finished and/or abandonned. I don't believe > adding yet-another-one is going to improve the situation, and > pick-one-and-improve-it is IMHO a much better approach. Basically I agree with you. And I think you're right that yet another one won't improve the situation immediately. I've to admin, that I didn't think about that very much. So I have to rethink my plan. But my concept is different than the one of other GUIs. >> (you know... some eye-candy stuff) and that is easy to use. > > I use mostly the command-line, so I couldn't make a detailed review of > the existing, but tools like git-cola and a few others sound "modern" > to me (Qt4 & co). > > If you decide to go on with your project, either you want to carry it > out alone, or you'll have to convince other developers to join. In the > second case, a good starting point would be to explain why the other > GUI are not good enough, and why you can't just contribute to them. If I decide to go on anyhow, I'll work those things out clearly. Thanks for the tip. In my opinion other GUIs aren't intuitve for first-time users and aren't as good for experienced users as the command-line. But a GUI _can_ be helpful for experienced users as well. So there's a hole that can be filled. And my concept is based on a hybrid GUI that also offers a command-line for experienced users. So actions that are made with the built in command-line (console) are visualized. That also might be good for beginners who like to use the command-line but are afraid of using it. If I go on I'll probably use Clutter as GUI toolkit. With it one is able to create real good looking GUIs (though it's not a guarantor for a good GUI). Thanks for your opinion. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html