Am 28.08.2005 um 01:29 schrieb frits swinkels:

> Is it reasonable to ask that LookEnhancements are not merged into  
> the image but remain optional. This should be achievable in the  
> packetized image?

No. For that, we would need to have a theme engine or something like  
that. The lookenhancements mcz is not a real package, it's a patch.  
It overrides
lots of methods. Handeling packages with overrides will lead to a  
complete mess soon (just think about what happens when two packages
override the same method, or when the original will be changed...)

> The reasoning is as follows. The aesthetic quality of an  
> enhancement is in the eye of the beholder. I happen to be an  
> admirer of Tufte's work and I strive for a sober and subdued look  
> except for the important items and a look in which each item has to  
> say something or not take up pixels. Other people may prefer a  
> Heavy Metal look or whatever is currently fashionable in movie houses.
> It would be counterproductive if all these people had to remove  
> laboriously some look enhancement to be able to apply their own  
> poison ;) This fits with a base image that does just enough but no  
> more.
>

But he image right now does *not* do "just enough". I would argue  
that the enhancements actually provides a bit cleaner look that the  
look we have now.
The only solution to this of course would be a real themable Squeak  
*and* one good theme done by a designer, not a programmer.


     Marcus