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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 94 22:38 BST-1
From: ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk (Ofir Gal)
Subject: Re: WinLIB/XAES Evaluation
To: gem-list@world.std.com
Message-Id: <memo.804849@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Precedence: bulk
mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca said:
>
>This is hard to tell. Is it possible to overflow the AES buffer while
>you are _not_ waiting for an event? If you tell evnt_multi that you are
>waiting for MU_KEYBD, and then it returns a keyboard event, will the AES
>put another keyboard event in the pipe while you are still processing the
>last one?
Yes AFAIK.
millert@cs.csee.usf.edu said:
>
>Any features which make the display confusing, overload the user with too
>many options to choose from, or simply wouldn't get used, yet it's included.
I would appreciate it if you download GEMBench 3.4x Tim, and tell me which
features of my toolkit you find confusing.
>The Germans seems to have this tendancy toward making the user interface
>as complicated as possible. They will give the user too many options.
>Perhaps 90% was an exageration... perhaps not.
I disagree, I find most German program so easy to use, even if they are in
German which I don't speak.
>I am a technical writer and technical editor. I am a fanatic about
>making certain that documentation is good. Mine will be good.
My library (written with Dave Nutkins of HiSoft) comes with a printed
manual, many example programs and a tutorial.
>I'm talking about abandoning the way GEM functions. For example, the
>closer should not pop up a menu (except in circumstances where it's
>really useful, but let's not make a habbit of it). This change in style
>will do nothing but confuse and frustrate the user because he has to
>contend with another dialog.
I agree.
>A LITTLE? Are you kidding? First I'm going to have to decode the file,
>then I'm going to have to translate the codes into what gets displayed,
>then I'm going to have to figure out where (and in what character space)
If your toolkit works well, this is very easy to implement. Using my
toolkit, all I have to do is scan the list of shortcuts in the file, then
use menu_text() to change the shortcuts in the menus. Done!
>Cute. Very cute. Ctrl-A is the only combination that I have ever hit
Tim, could we forget this CTRL+A business. If you wish, put it to a vote,
but I think we had enough of it.
>I am one of many people who have complained about Atari Works wiping out
That's because AW is a pretty dodgy program. If you try Papyrus as I keep
suggesting, you will see how CTRL+A is not dangerous at all.
millert@cs.csee.usf.edu said:
>
>No, it is NOT that simple. When you click to top a window, the message
>does not get sent until you let go of the button. You can hold the
>button all day, and the window won't get topped until you let go of the
>button.
That is my understanding as well. I WISH there was a clean way around this
for toolbar windows, etc.
Bye,
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