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Front End Shoot Out
snekse:
Has anyone ever done a head-to-head front end shoot out? I'd love to see an article reviewing say the top 5 front ends and reporting the pros and cons of each.
Jakobud:
Haven't seen this done but I'd like to see it.
Howard_Casto:
I don't think an impartial list is possible:
Here's why:
1. Users only quickly try each fe until they find one they like. Most fe's don't work the way you want to until you've invested a good amount of time, so obviously whichever one they decided to put the most time into will get the best review.
2. Developers generally do take the time to try each one and set it up properly. But which one do you think is honestly their favorite? ;)
3. Most of the fe's are not comparable with each other. It's apples and oranges guys. Vertiwah is for vertical monitors, Mamewah is for low end pcs, kymera and dk are for high end and 3darcade is for an immersive experience that entails much more than simply launching a game quickly. So which one gets the better review depends on which niche the reviewer likes the best.
GGKoul:
Sounds like a job for Kevin Steel at www.retroblast.com....
Jakobud:
I think that the point of the review would not be to compare them saying this one is better than this one because blah blah blah... but rather just show all the available features of each of the FE's and show how easy or difficult it is to setup, and just put them up against eachother to compare their features.