uml generating tool

[Kevin Kofler]

Amit Dey <eamitdey at ...> writes:
> Well Parag...I undertand that Ubmrello is an UML Modelling tool. But is a KDE 
based application.
>  
> How about if I make something for GNOME. Would that be useful ?

No. You can use Umbrello just fine under GNOME, apps from any X11-based desktop 
work on any other. Sure, you have to install kdesdk and its dependencies, but 
disk space is cheap.

It would be much more productive to work on common widget themes. For example, 
if you're a GNOME developer, start by doing a Plastik-like theme for GNOME - 
Clearlooks is a good starting point, but there are noticeable differences, so a 
theme based on the Clearlooks engine modified to match the Plastik look would 
be great. Similarly, a Clearlooks-like theme for Qt/KDE 3 would also be useful 
(Qt 4 has one already: Cleanlooks). Right now, Bluecurve is pretty much the 
only option for a consistent theme, and AFAIK it doesn't have a Qt 4 port 
available as of now (only GTK+/GNOME 2 and Qt/KDE 3, and a GTK+ 1 version 
showing GTK+ 1's limitations). It would be great to have more. With a common 
widget theme, you might not even _notice_ anymore whether the apps you use are 
GNOME or KDE apps, so there's no need to reinvent applications.

(And yes, I'm still using Bluecurve throughout. IMHO, consistency is more 
important than looking "cool" or "modern". The big problem with all those new 
themes is that they're all developed with a single toolkit/desktop in mind, so 
each time they leave behind both the other big desktop and all the apps which 
use non-mainstream or legacy toolkits. There are still several toolkits around 
supporting only Motif-style look!)

        Kevin Kofler