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Re: New Widgets Needed [message #63224 is a reply to message #63220]

Thu, 30 October 2008 11:13

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Paul van Delst writes:

> I actually think that the idea of IDL object graphics, and IDL OO stuff in general is
> great. It's just the execution of the idea that has caused the suffering and gnashing of
> teeth. The IDL OG stuff has the "everything including the kitchen sink" smell to it that
> makes doing stuff more difficult. I fear the same approach will be taken with any new
> widget stuff.

Yes, I agree with this. In my own object programming
I am in a constant fight with myself to keep things
simple. It is *extremely* easy to get too clever.
I think this is what has happened here, which is a
shame, because object graphics programs do have some
obvious advantages.

Here is an example of what I mean by too clever.
This is my favorite pet peeve about the
iSurface tool. It comes up by default in Translate
mode (as, I guess, all iTools do). When was the
last time you thought about translating a surface?
1954? I mean, it just doesn't happen. You want to
*ROTATE* a surface. Surely tool designers who have
even a casual relationship with end users know this.
So...why!?

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
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		Re: New Widgets Needed By: David Fanning on Fri, 31 October 2008 09:14
		Re: New Widgets Needed By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 31 October 2008 08:55
		Re: New Widgets Needed By: David Fanning on Thu, 30 October 2008 15:43
		Re: New Widgets Needed By: Rick Towler on Thu, 30 October 2008 15:12
		Re: New Widgets Needed By: David Fanning on Thu, 30 October 2008 11:13
		Re: New Widgets Needed By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 30 October 2008 10:01
		Re: New Widgets Needed By: David Fanning on Thu, 30 October 2008 08:16
		Re: New Widgets Needed By: David Fanning on Thu, 30 October 2008 08:00
		Re: New Widgets Needed By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 30 October 2008 07:54
		Re: New Widgets Needed By: R.Bauer on Thu, 30 October 2008 07:54

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