Squeak
I think the default Squeak fonts are positively ugly. Change them (per the FAQ) and Squeak looks so much better:
Here is more information on high quality font support for Squeak.
BTW, I've gone back to using the wmx window manager. (The letter 'o' in the vertical window title text looked hideous before my upgrade to XFree86 4.4.) There isn't much to configure in the way of look-and-feel, and if one does change something, one has to rebuild the binary! Actually I'm still on release 4, because I thought release 5 was getting a bit bloated. Just noticed that release 6 is current. Hmm, shaped windows and window grouping... Might be worth checking out.
I dunno man. The whole Comic Sans thing isn't my bag.
Grossberg comicSansYourBag
'not mine, man'
Grossberg soWhichBag
...
Or:
(comics-sans-your-bag? grossberg)
=> "not mine, man"
(so-which-bag? grossberg)
=> ...
CommonLisp easyToRead
true
(easy-to-read-p smalltalk)
=> DITTO
;-)
Nice font. Where are the crayons?
I'm dissapointed. Squeak already looks like a toy. I can't show it to my boss for fear of being lauighed out of the office. Here I was hoping you were serious! :)
Real programmers use monospace fonts. Heck, real programmers don't even use GUIs. Duh. :)
Odd how important aesthetic issues are - I found myself taking against Squeak from the moment I first saw it, and had to work to stay neutral and try to give it a chance.
Of course, then I remembered how much I hate the ugly syntax of Smalltalk and uninstalled it... :)
My point, such as it is, is that subjective impressions and all that are important, yet many developers ignore them.
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