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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 94 09:12 BST-1
From: ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk (Ofir Gal)
Subject: Re: Dialogs!
To: gem-list@world.std.com
Message-Id: <memo.719196@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Precedence: bulk
In message <Pine.3.87.9407210138.A781-0100000@grad>, millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu said:
>You're not asking for extentions to the OS, consistency, and added
>functionality. You're asking for REVOLUTION! And as you know revolution
>does not come without a BIG price.
The revolution happened at least a year ago. Most apps on my hard disk do
not use dialogs.
>I think we need to explore this concept of the amodal dialog on the Atari
>(it will be unique among computers, not like Apple or Windows... it's its
>own animal and needs to be treated as a newly discovered species) for a
>while before we make requirements about it. Let's let a few developers
>take a crack at it, using their own ideas and see what people really use
>and want. Let's let some healthy, unrestricted (by rules) competition
>happen, so that the winner will TRULY be the best, rather than the one
>that the 'government' picked, foolishly, haphazzardly, and one that met
>their minimal requirements and lowest price bid.
Tim, you sound like your under the influence of a black hole :-) Have you
actually looked at the Atari mags from Germany and the UK lately?
I highly recommend that you have a look at the Papyrus demo, Edit,
GEMBench, the Atari Control Panel, Two_in_One, Kobold demo, Ease demo,
Interface, COnnect, Egale, ESS Code, OCR, DA's Picture, Morpher demo,
TrueImage, True Paint... All these programs use non-modal dialogs and there
are many more.
Bye,
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