[UI] We haven't discussed Host windows yet
Herbert König
herbertkoenig at gmx.net
Thu Sep 6 10:31:54 UTC 2007
Hi all,
after having spent some hours with Gary's work, (not yet tried the
latest version) I think our discussions do not cover:
1-Dialogs usually are not limited to the main window.
2-Some applications need fixed window size.
2-Not every application needs full window decorations (maximize,
minimize, close).
IMO these call for host windows. Not as a matter of look (I'd prefer
Morphic) but as a matter of feel. The third point needs an extension
to the HostWindows plugin, maybe this is not possible to do
independent of the platform.
I think the only thing we can emulate with Gary's work plus the state
of the discussions here is the multi document interface (M$ gave up
years ago) in full screen mode.
Or to put it more general:
Do we want to limit this discussion to what is stated on the top of
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6005
or do we think of enabling Squeak to build applications behaving (and
looking) like native applications.
I vote for the latter.
Cheers
Herbert mailto:herbertkoenig at gmx.net
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