Re: [cobalt-developers] Bits flying over fences ... (Merlot)

[Anders <andersb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

CJ wrote:
> I'm sure an official sounding note will be packaged up
> soon, but as part of the EOL process for the Qube, Sun
> has decided to open source the Cobalt developed portions
> of the Qube distribution.
> 
> The README file contains the text attached below.
> 
> This Sun Cobalt Open Source Qube3 Distribution is a collection of source
> code not previously available to the public.

> The mendo/ directory contains a snapshot of the sustained Qube3 appliance
> front and back-end code as of March 2003.
> 
> The menlo/ directory contains a snapshot of the unreleased Qube3 source
> tree.  Most notable in this distribution is the alternate user interface
> skin and hundreds of bug and compatibility fixes.  Many changes have been
> implemented to work with Linux kernel versions 2.4.

Are there any screenshots or even some public demo available
of Arlo Rose's "Merlot" GUI (alternate user interface skin) ?

Looks neat from what little the "style" and "libImage" shows,
but it would be nice to see it in the full context and glory ?

Not too fond of the purple info bar myself, but anyway.
The different buttons and icons look clean and "fresh".

--anders