--- In squeak at y..., Jerry Bell <jdbell at f...> wrote:
> I've always liked playing around with Morphic
Wrappers.  I'm surprised that
> it hasn't migrated into the main release yet- is
there any reason it hasn't
> been folded in?   Typing on air is fun!

I strongly second this.
Although I believe MorphicWrappers still need some
work, IMHO they are an indispensable part of the
Morphic world, mostly typing in the air.
Just as Smalltalk, you've got to use them for a while
to really graps their usefulness.

Regards,

Dan Rozenfarb

> 
> Jerry Bell
> jdbell at f...
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gerardo Richarte
[mailto:core.lists.squeak at c...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 1:43 PM
> > To: squeak at c...
> > Cc: recipient list not shown; @cs.uiuc.edu
> > Subject: On interfaces - Morphic Wrappers
> > 
> > 
> > 	This days we have a thread on user interfaces,
this 
> > time is about
> > how to use Squeak with non-standard input devices,
or, more precisely,
> > without keyboard. It is not the first time we can
enjoy this kind of
> > discussions, there have been a lot of them in the
list. 
> > Personally, I love
> > to read about UIs.
> > 
> > 	Today, we can say that once again there is a
version of the
> > MorphicWrappers available to download. This latest
version is ready to
> > be used in a Squeak3.1a-4048. It's not a long time
since that previous
> > update (just 100 updates), but before that it was
a little longer (800
> > updates).
> > 
> > 	It's a really tough job to maintain
MorphicWrappers (we 
> > all suffer 
> > for maintaining packages for squeak up to date...)
We almost 
> > gave up, but
> > the team keeps growing and the new people comes
with fresh energy to
> > maintain the package.
> > 
> > 	So here it comes, from deep in the heart of the
latest 
> > adopters of
> > the MorphicWrappers way of interacting with the
World: 
> > 
> > 	We started the project almost 3 years ago with
the first version
> > of Morphic, in Squeak 2.3 (I'm not really sure
when it was). 
> > MW is today
> > an ancient project, but we think it's still
current, and even 
> > a little in
> > the future. We´ve been using it continously all
this time, and we got
> > adicted to them.
> > 
> > 	Here at core where I work, there is people that
learned 
> > Smalltalk & Squeak using them, and the other day,
one of them 
> > asked what a Workspace
> > is! just imagine that!
> > 
> > 	Don't wait! You have to live the MorphicWrappers 
> > experience, then, you'll have the experience to
say "I don't 
> > like MWs", but you won't say
> > it.
> > 	Go get them at
http://mathMorphs.swiki.net/MorphicWrappers
> > 
> > 	Interfacing Bye!
> > 	Once again, Richie
> > 
> > --- For a personal reply use gera at c...
> > 
> >

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