[maxmsp] why we will not use max 5

With all due respect, I'm a bit surprised at the heated emotions about 
rounded. To me rounded corners does not make much of a difference. After 
a few weeks use we will probably never think of it, we1'll be focusing 
on what we actually do, in the same way as with the transition from OS9 
to OSX on the Mac platform. When occasionally booting into OS9 one might 
regret the waist of pixels in OSX, but on the other hand we have to 
accept the fact that increase in screen resolution is not only used for 
physically larger screens, but also for screens with denser pixel 
distributions while remaining the same size. So stuff demanding more 
pixels than before has to be expected, making it easier on our eyes, but 
a bit more heavy on the processor and GPU. But then again, it is easier 
to upgrade and substitute computers than eyes.

The really important and great issue to me about Max5 is that which I 
will never see: The reworking of underlying code to ensure that further 
maintenance, ports to ever new platforms and future development can 
happen. Improved useability, user-frienliness, productivity and not the 
least documentation are all very welcome, but I would personally be 
willing to pay for an upgrade just for the foresightedness of this 
maintenance of the code at the core of the program. That's what ensure 
that I'll be able to keep working and developing what I'm doing over the 
next 20 years.

Best,
Trond


f.e wrote:
> Yeah yeah. Go forward with your silly jokes, mates.
> 
> BUT we're actually a bunch of guys (more than you think) really really 
> not happy at all with these ugly rounded corners.
> 
> This is not a joke. We're really pissed off.
> 
> There's no way to compare our reaction to "let's go back to OS9" and 
> such crap, it's just silly. This is not even a matter of taste. C74 
> shouldn't have tried to fix what was already working.
> 
> Fancy antialiasing doesn't NEED to be round, correct me if i'm wrong.
> 
> People who wants to play with ugly softwares got plenty of choices all 
> around. You want your rounded corners ? You'll have it, so don't mess in 
> our complains.
> 
> We're seriously asking for an extra option to have RECTANGULAR CORNERS.