> From: Jim Benson [mailto:jb at speed.net]
> 
> <lots of good stuff on native windows implementation snipped>
> 
> However, another sticky point comes up soon after. That is, 
> you've provided native windows, the use expects to be able
> to
> 
> A) have standard OS menus
> B) have standard OS keystrokes work

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds..." - Ralph Waldo
Emerson  

In my mind it does not necessarily follow that native windows imply or
require native widgets, menus, etc.  I'd be happy if I could create multiple
OS-native windows and play with Morphic inside of them.
Appearance-and-usability-wise it's really no different than the web, where
*every* web page has its own style of interface.  Of course, I'm quite happy
with Squeak as it is, and in some respects I think that the recurring
discussions about native windows-n-widgets are just a distraction.  Squeak
is a research project, not a Windows-or-Mac-or-X-native application
generator.  This is a place for trying out new stuff, not rehashing the old
stuff.  I don't think that Microsoft, Apple, the X Consortium, or anyone
else (including Squeak) has yet produced the "perfect interface".  Just my
ramblings FWIW.

Bob Jarvis
Compuware @ Timken


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