I'm about to release version 1.0 of Connectors.

I'm trying to make a good "out of the box" experience, though. Using 
Connectors to make drawings entails (at least for me):
* putting Morphs on a PasteUpMorph (probably the World, but perhaps a GeeMail 
or Stack)
* connecting them using Connectors.

I've been experimenting with different idioms for both of these operations.

For the first (placing morphs), I've tried two approaches:

* drag morphs out of PartsBins (perhaps in flaps); releasing the red button 
causes morph to be dropped.

* click on a button that attaches a new Morph to the Hand; click again to 
place the Morph

For the second (wiring morphs together), I have also tried two approaches:

* drag connectors out of PartsBins (perhaps in flaps); release the red button 
so that one end or the other is above a Morph and you connect that end to the 
Morph. Or drop it somewhere and then drag/drop each end onto its respective 
Morph. This is consistent with PartsBin behavior but very clunky and 
time/click consuming.

* click on a button that changes the Hand's cursor to a +, start drag on the 
first Morph to be connected, end drag on the second Morph. This has proven to 
be much easier.

I have also come up with three ways to provide these Morphs and Connectors:
* from the Objects tool (though the IconicButtons that end up in this tool 
only support dragging)
* from a flap (where I could have either behavior for both Morphs and 
Connectors)
* from my button bars (which support the click attach/click drop behavior for 
Morphs and the click start/drag to wire behavior for Connectors)

What I'm wondering is this: which behavior should I present out of the box? 
What would be the most comfortable for you? I've gotten used to my Button 
Bars, but I could see building that behavior into a flap that could be 
retracted when not needed.

I also see it as important that users can customize their own Connectors 
pallettes; both the Flap and the Button Bar approaches support this with 
direct manipulation.

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