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- From: zstern@adobe.com (Zalman Stern)
- Subject: Re: Hasn't the message line bogosity gone on long enough?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.064903.21757@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- References: <seaklKq00WoiAtIV5V@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 06:49:03 GMT
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- [Text redraw improperly line wraps long message lines.]
- If it overflows, build a dialog box with a large message line and pop that
- up instead. See how people like that. You could dynamically resize the
- message line instead. Both of these should be relatively easy to do if I
- recall frameview at all. (Which I probably don't).
-
- In general, message lines are a difficult proposition to manage properly in
- a graphical UI. Its 1970's (or perhaps 1960s) technology. I would say that
- effort is better spent building a real dialog manager for ATK. Look at the
- Macintosh Toolbox, MacApp, or MS-Windows for examples.
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- Zalman Stern zalman@adobe.com (415) 962 3824
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