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From: utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: An Intuition.device?
Message-ID: <1990Sep20.132003.1483@uncecs.edu>
Date: 20 Sep 90 13:20:03 GMT
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In article <2315@bambam.UUCP> pashdown@shotput.es.com@bambam.UUCP (Pete Ashdown) writes:
>UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes:
[...about how the Interface Builder works on the NeXT.]
>
>Sounds like Power Windows for the Amiga except Power Windows supports a few
>more languages.  Power Windows is made by Inovatronics, I do not represent
>them, but I do recommend -all- their products highly.  Has anyone heard if
>they are doing a version for OS 2.0?

Yes, it does sound like it, but it doesn't look like it, and it sure as
heck doesn't work like it.  Try putting good looking borders on gadgets
with PowerWindows, or try making you menu's text something other that
auto-formatting.  Here's a good one--try making an array of gadgets
line up with equal spacing.  You can do it, but you have to really want
it bad.  With IB, you just (let me fire up IB here...) hold down the Alternate
key while you drag the gadget's drag handle.  Presto, an array of identical
gadgets show up.  You can resize individual gadgets or resize the whole
group at once.  The gadgets are already there?  No problem.  Select them
all (group selection) and choose Make Row, or Make Column.  You want
'em the same size?  Choose Same Size.

With PW, you have to be pretty careful to make sure things will "make
sense" to intuition.  With IB, it's darned near impossible to do something
stupid.

Don't get me wrong, I use PW a lot.  But every time I do I think the best
use for PW would be to use it to rewrite PW.  The problem with PW is that
it is just good enough so that is isn't ever quite worth the effort to
rewrite it.  But it sure could be better.
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