UI Models

Leandro Caniglia caniglia at dm.uba.ar
Fri Feb 15 06:07:36 UTC 2002


Gary McGovern wrote:
> Are there any other UI paradigums ?

What about direct manipulation of objects with
MorphicWrappers (aka MathMorphs)? In our experience MWs are
the best way to get the taste of direct manipulation: no
workspaces, no inspectors, no browsers, no applications.
Objects exposed as they are, that's the feeling.

/Leandro


Gary McGovern wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking to categorise for myself the various UI paradigms available to Squeak. As far as I know
> there is:
> 
> a)Domain model with orchestrating instance and application model with toolkit (morphic).
> 
> b)As above without the toolkit.(mvc and morphic)
> 
> c)Direct manipulation with scripting.  No domain model.
> 
> Does anyone anticipate that the direct manipulation with scripting will be used in business computing
> or is it expected to be in the personal computing realm only ?
> 
> Pluggable UIs aren't so clear to me. Am I right in thinking that pluggable components fit directly to
> objects within the domain model without an orchestrating instance and application model ? I've been
> doing it that way but feel a little guilt as if I'm cheating :-)
> 
> Are there any other UI paradigums ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gary



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