On Tue August 21 2007, tim Rowledge wrote:
> On 21-Aug-07, at 8:30 AM, Brad Fuller wrote:
> > I thought about that. But, I feel that user interface issues go beyond
> > morphic. There is also MVC (don't know who uses it today, though)
> > and native
> > hooks such as wxSqueak. My first suggestion to the group was to
> > decide on UI
> > heuristics or guidelines that applications would follow to help
> > make Squeak
> > more consistent for the user. Some agreed, some didn't say anything.
>
> Morphic  - or bitblt, or ffi calls to directXplode, or plugin calls
> to Cairo - are implementation of graphics. UI is the *use* of both
> graphics and input information to provide the user environment. I
> guess one ought to include sound as well as graphics to be more
> complete. Haptics might even come into the picture sometime.

I see it as the I/O to the user for all the human senses.. Audio, as it deals 
with giving the user interactive clues to the interface should be included. 
I'm pleased that Squeak originally used audio as feedback. Unfortunately, 
some of the sounds were not appropriate. But, that can be easily remedied. 

brad