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<DIV><SPAN class=796104021-18042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Backwards compatability is always an issue, especially here. Wondering if
we can really move things onwards now...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
ui-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org
[mailto:ui-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Michael van
der Gulik<BR><B>Sent:</B> 18 April 2008 4:44 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Squeak's User
Interface<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [UI] Just a
thought...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:15 AM, Gary Chambers <<A
href="mailto:gazzaguru2@btinternet.com">gazzaguru2@btinternet.com</A>>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">It
might be nice that we have some more paint rules in BitBlt. A
"fuzz/blur"<BR>effect would be nice and take the load off the Squeak code
for such things.<BR><BR>Just wanting to get more contemporary with the ui
look without large<BR>performance penalties.<BR><BR>Not quite liking the way
that effects are hidden behind canvas (leading to a<BR>bloated interface,
perhaps (c.f. #drawImage... #drawTranslucentImage...)).<BR>Not sure where
the balance should be. Looks like a choke-point that is too<BR>useful to
bypass on a case-by-case basis.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR>If you were to
implement some more interesting effects in BitBLT, how would you make sure
that Morphs that use this code will still work on other targets such as Rome,
Postscript Canvases, VNC etc?<BR><BR>Gulik<BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR><A
href="http://people.squeakfoundation.org/person/mikevdg">http://people.squeakfoundation.org/person/mikevdg</A><BR><A
href="http://gulik.pbwiki.com/">http://gulik.pbwiki.com/</A>
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