Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Standard File Requesters Message-ID: Date: 15 May 89 18:12:47 GMT References: <0914.AA0914@amigash> <941@sactoh0.UUCP> <11583@well.UUCP> , <2977@cps3xx.UUCP> Organization: Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 30 In-Reply-To: <2977@cps3xx.UUCP> golden@cps3xx.UUCP (golden james) writes: > ^^^^^^^ > >to customize the "Standard" interface using SetFunction(), and 5) > [...] > > That's exactly the point. You shouldn't have to be a hacker to get a > filerequestor that works well for you. I guess your saying that only > people with technical expertise deserve to have file requestors that > they like. > First of all, once a "hacker" creates a new style of user interface component, anyone can take advantage of it, not its creator. And the cold reality is that you're going to have to have some programming experience to build new graphical UI components, at least with the software technology we have today. Second, various proposal have been made in other messages that would allow the "look and feel" of various UI pmponents to be changed merely by replacing files in LIBS:. I don't have much time to think about the issue right now, since I have my final exam as an undergraduate student tomorrow and I really should go and prepare for it. Hopefully I'll have more to say later. -- Michael Portuesi * Information Technology Center * Carnegie Mellon University INTERNET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu * BITNET: mp1u+@andrew UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ MAIL: Carnegie Mellon University, P.O. Box 259, Pittsburgh, PA 15213