Traits, OmniBrowser and ToolBuilder

stéphane ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Fri Sep 9 15:06:50 UTC 2005


On 9 sept. 05, at 16:57, Andreas Raab wrote:


> Daniel Vainsencher wrote:
>
>
>> Traits depends on OmniBrowser (well, if you want to see the  
>> traits, anyway), and OB depends on Morphic. Of course these days,  
>> what it should do is depend on ToolBuilder. Unfortunately, it has  
>> some non-standard morph stuff in it. The non-standard feature can  
>> be seen in the OB "implementors of", when in chase mode, you get  
>> dynamic columns.
>>
>>
>
> Dynamic columns are perfectly supported by ToolBuilder - have a  
> look at the examples at http://squeaksource.com/ToolBuilder.html  
> and in particular the FileListPlus example. This provides dynamic  
> buttons (in columns) so you'll get the idea.
>
>
>
>> I think putting the OB in the image early in the alpha phase is  
>> important, because we want it to start getting testing and  
>> enhancement before the Traits related aspects come into the picture.
>>
>>
>
> I disagree. OB (and other major frameworks) should go in "full" not  
> in "basic" as there is nothing basic about them.
>

But andreas does it mean that we will be stuck forever with this ugly  
browser.
I agree that OB may be not the right candidate but this would be nice  
to succeed to get rid of the browser and get a new one.

Stef




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