[squeak-dev] Graphical Application Where to Begin?

Juan Vuletich juan at jvuletich.org
Sat Sep 5 14:15:06 UTC 2009


Hi Germán,

Germán Arduino wrote:
> HI Juan:
>
>   
>> There isn't single and clear Morphic roadmap. From the discussions in
>> squeak-dev about one or 2 months ago, it seems that most people believe that
>> the current Morphic+Etoys API is a central part of Squeak. So, I don't
>> expect any major changes there, although there is some progress in using
>> ToolBuilder to make tools independent of the UI framework. If the
>> Toolbuilder offers what you need, it looks like a good option. Then you have
>> the Pharo fork. If you plan to use it, you'd check with them. You can also
>> use Cuis, my Squeak fork. In Cuis, Morphic is greatly reduced, making
>> everything much easier to understand. Finally, you have my Morphic 3
>> project, that would help you do a high-quality zoomeable UI. Unfortunately,
>> I've been devoting all my time to Cuis and paid work lately, so I'm not
>> working much on Morphic 3 right now.
>>
>>     
>
> Is on your plans integrate Morphic 3 on Cuis at some point?
>   

Yes, indeed. I'm not sure if I'll publish 2 releases of Cuis, one with 
Morphic 3 and one without. I hope to have a Morphic 3 only image some 
day. I guess there will be 2 different releases of Cuis then. Time will 
tell.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich

> Cheers.
>
> =========================================================
> Germán S. Arduino  <gsa @ arsol.net>   Twitter: garduino
> Arduino Software & Web Hosting   http://www.arduinosoftware.com
> PasswordsPro  http://www.passwordspro.com
> =========================================================
>   




More information about the Squeak-dev mailing list