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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks to everyone that responded.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It appears that although Squeak is moving in a direction of
more conventional development tools it's still in that transitional
phase. In a sense I don't want conventional, but I do want usable. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From the suggestions I can see that things that BobsUI and
Tweak offer possibilities (thanks Simon). I will have to investigate further.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I can also see that creating small functional morphs and
just have them free-range in the project space has advantages for what I am
doing (thanks Herbert). One perennial problem with standard builders or even
coded layouts is real estate and having only what you need visible. Even using
layout managers does not solve this problem unless there is only one resizable
window. For a complex display with fixed areas of widgets , graphic areas for
graphs etc, a tree view and tabbed panes for all sorts of applets and options
it becomes very hard to get a good looking display under all circumstances so
just having fragments that work together could be a good move.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Alexandre suggests using </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Seaside</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. Funny you
should say that. I have looked at </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Seaside</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> before and ran
through the latest tutorial a few days ago. I like it a lot and the idea that a
web app is easier to develop and more flexible than a desktop app certainly
turns conventional thinking on its head. I need to dig deeper into this.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dave makes some suggestions about interfacing which I need
to try out. Do I take it that squeak has built in distribution facilities?</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Of the things that didn't get answered I thing there
are two:</span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If I build a morph, say just a bunch of buttons to
control one aspect of my interface how do I generate code from that or do
I just write code in the first place?</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>How do I get rid of morphs that give continuous 'message
not understood' every time I mouse over them?</span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bob</span></font></p>
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