[Squeak] GUI Builder needs Class library

Edmund Ronald eronald at cmapx.polytechnique.fr
Fri Jul 19 05:03:50 UTC 2002


IMHO the best GUI tool was the NeXT Interface Builder. It was so good
because the class library was tailored for it. An item usually required
just 2 clicks to connect then 2 to wire up: 

- Select source object (1 click)
- Select target object (1 click)

Connection was now graphically visible. Then,
-Select source outlet (1 click)
-Select target action (1 click).

This is what I seem to remember. Nowadays the original IB has got buried
in the Project Builder and a lousy Apple interface, but the original was
cute. 

If Squeak is going to have that quality of tool, somebody needs to think
real hard about how the tool's class library should be architected. The
one from NeXT was compact and fairly orthogonal.

Edmund







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