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- BGUI for AWeb's Settings window!
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-
- This is just a mock-up of what the AWeb settings window might (should) look like
- using the BGUI package. This means that it requires BGUI.library to reside in
- LIBS:. BGUI 1.2 can be found on AmiNet, in dev/gui I believe.
-
- So, why did I do this then? Am I a hater of ClassAct? No, that's not the
- reason, as I think ClassAct is pretty good actually. But, then came AWeb, which
- had its settings use ClassAct. And GOD DAMN it is slow! I thought BGUI was
- slow in redrawing on a screen with 128 colours, but ClassAct really took the
- prize this time. And the chooser at the top, that alone takes more than a
- second to open up the first time.
-
- And, on the whole, the cycle/chooser gadget is a pretty bad choice for something
- you may need to swap back and forth several times (we ARE talking a prefs
- program here, which you might use a lot when you start using a program).
-
- That is why I sat down and put together a quick "AWeb Settings" look-alike with
- BGUIBuilder. Now, I'm all for BGUI, since it's only ONE SINGLE library, but I
- know there are lots of people who think it is too slow. But hey, ClassAct IS
- slower, at least when I tried it here on my machine. Without BGUI loaded, it
- took about 4 seconds to load the BGUI look-alike, and without the different
- ClassAct-parts loaded, the built-in version took some 5 seconds to appear.
- Neither of these are very good times, but then the Amiga isn't top-of-line when
- it comes to processing power anymore.
-
- Anyway, the BGUI version uses tabs instead of a cycle/chooser gadget, making it
- a hell of a lot easier to work with. The only thing I wasn't able to really do
- was the palette stuff in Screen/Palette. But, I didn't want to put too much
- work into it, since this is probably where my idea will end.
-
- However, if you feel like me, write to Yvon Rozjin at yrozijn@xs4all.nl and tell
- him what you think.
-
- At least he could make the windows use the bottom border for the sizing gadget
- instead of the horrible left border that is present in AWeb 1.1.
-
-
- As my final words, I must say that AWeb is currently the best browser for the
- Amiga, and that's my honest to god opinion.
-
- Thank you and goodbye.
-