@Lemen
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my initial testing to change various GUI elements has shown-up various bugs and things that do not work correctly
Which things do not works correctly ? Plz, throw them there, if it indeed the case, Thore for sure will be them all. I for myself test it pretty much (not everything of course, but what i need for myself), and it was ok everywhere.
The same for varius bugs: plz post there step-by-step guides and crashlogs. Or if it rendering bugs: then step-by-step anyway. Maybe in end of all its not bugs, but intendent, just you still too much "over mui3.9".
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However, the question I would ask; Is MUI becoming a configuration monster?
MUI was configuration monster in 3.x days, with all that ugly ways to setup images, limitations, and all the parts of everything messed in one or another way. With mui4 you have it all much more logical: text is text, groups is groups, list is lists, images is images. Everything have containters and bodyes, where you can setup frames and/or backgrounds, each of which have their set of settings. Of course its different in compare with mui3.9, and its good !
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I mean there's stuff in there that is completely superfluous and pointless.
For who ? For you ? Maybe. For designers ? Nope. For advanced users ? Nope. For those who want to setup their mui apps to be looks as they wish ? Nope. For those who want something new and fresh on os4 ? Nope. And sure, some users do not want anything new at all, they just like what they have, and every single new change (even if it good for most of) will found ppls who will complain. I imagine what will happens if there will be ever new workbench, or something like this. Bunch of amiga proffesionals who will says how hard it now to use and old workbench was so cool and how everything bad and wrong :)
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Sorry, but more and more stuff seems to have been thrown in and MUI has become way over the top in my opinion.
You feel free to not use it , but soon or later you will realise how good is it. Its usuall stuff for ppls who have massive updates one time in years: first impression of all kind, then understanding and then enjoing.
It may have bugs (of course), but currently none reported (you say you found various, report them plz).
Anyway, pplz spend 3 years on this of everyday works and bughunting, and you can just easy says it like "well, i trying to setup it, its configuration monster, sorry , it suck!". I do not know, in today realms when there is no developers, have something like this its just fat surprise!
And, as nbache says, you do not need to setup it at all if you do not want. There is work on better default theme is going on, so in end of all you even can not run mui prefs at all ever. You even now can not run it, its all mostly for ppls who want to have something fresh and interesting.