On 05/06/2010 17:42, Richard Durr wrote:
Since single-fullwindow apps like garageband, finalcut, aperture et al. are all very well accepted, a single-fullwindow app based on pharo sounds possible.
By accessibility (a11y) I meant support for disabled use, such as screenreaders and voice operation. Also useful for hands or eyes free operation such as while driving or other physical tasks :)
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Douglas Brebner <squeaklists@fang.demon.co.uk> wrote:
On 05/06/2010 14:39, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
Native widgets are over-rated IMHO. That is not to say they have no value, and it would be nice to see us make them easy to use. I am split on whether I would like to see the IDE tools appear as host widgets on Linux; it would probably be best to set (sorry) a preference for the image to run over multiple windows or to default to what we have now which can be very useful if I need to work on two or more images at one time. That is rare, and most of the time I would like to see the OS' task bar include my Smalltalk tools.
The only real advantage I see for native widgets currently is that they support things like accessibility, though Juan mentioned he's thought about that for Morphic 3 which gives me hope :)