From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,578bd4d051bc4686 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-03-18 03:40:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!newsfeed3.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nnx.oleane.net!oleane!freenix!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: GUI [was:]Ann: TeXCAD 4.1 Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:37:45 +0100 Organization: PVV Sender: Preben Randhol Message-ID: References: <40577688.2A8B9832@fakeaddress.nil> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1079609884 16713 212.85.156.195 (18 Mar 2004 11:38:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:38:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org To: Georg Bauhaus Return-Path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6400 Date: 2004-03-18T12:37:45+01:00 Georg Bauhaus wrote on 18/03/2004 (12:05) : > However, as can be learned from advanced UIs before OS/2 and even > from OS/2, file open dialogue windows are a great leap, uhm, backwards. > Though to appreciate this one might need the help of a different approach > to UI design, like applications truly integrated with the OS, including > its GUI, literally. Like a document centered approach, or like the integrating > approach of Plan 9 (the *user* defines the user interface using what the > OS provides for this.) Now you are not talking any more about GtkAda versus the Mac OS X toolkit so this is completely irrelevant. -- Preben Randhol -------------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/Ada95 -- �For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.�