I'm finally getting around to finishing up the user interaction of the most 
complicated bit of the project -- the connectors (lines) themselves. I want 
to have them work like Morphs as well as like tools (i.e. click on a 
"connect" button, click on the source, click on the destination).

I've posted a (moderately complicated) proposed state diagram on my little 
Swiki: at http://nedkonz.dhs.org:8080/Ned/8 (this drawing was done with my 
tools).

I'd appreciate comments there (or on the list). What I'm trying to balance 
here is:
	* Morphic behavior (don't do anything too wierd)
	* Natural, fast user interaction (3 clicks to connect shapes)

I think I can get both this way.

I imagine having "toolbar buttons" (what Alan Cooper calls "buttcons") that 
generate a NCConnectorMorph properly initialized and then tell the Connector 
to startWiring.

There is a bit of oddness here (that you can see in the demos I've been 
putting on Bob's Super Swiki) in the Morphic grabbing behavior when neither 
end is connected: I make the connector jump so that its start end is where 
the mouse pointer is, so you're always dragging the start of the line.

I may be able to get away from that with the startWiring and startWiringFrom: 
functionality.

Comments?
-- 
Ned Konz
currently: Stanwood, WA
email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com