On Aug 7, 2011, at 8:23 PM, Denis Kudriashov wrote:
> Hello.
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> I am glad to announce Presenty - new user interface framework for Pharo (with MIT license).
> I publish my current version on
http://www.squeaksource.com/Presenty.html and write first articles about Presenty on blog
http://smalltalk-presenty.blogspot.com
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> There are some problems with current implementation. But step-by-step I fix it and improved it. And I have many ideas about Presenty future.
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> Main goal of Presenty is platform independent programming of user interface:
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> Pharo can run your application on any OS. Presenty can present your application on any OS.
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> With Presenty you can easilly write UI applications which can be configured for all "user" platforms: mobile phones, tablets, desktop computers and others.
> Presenty is based on Morphic and I think morphic can simulate every platform appearance and behavior. And I think simulation is easest then supporting native backends.
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> I have two commercial applications for my company which based on Presenty. So it is really usable although many common UI stuff absent and some bugs exist.
> One is touch screen oriented application (for basic computer, not mobile device) and second is basic desktop application (driven by mouse and keyboard).
> It is different applications for different kind of users but its use same components of tasks and domain objects.
> So when we implement new logic of user interraction it appears on both applications but user takes it with different look and feel.
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> There is problem with speed of presenty application. For my case cog performance solve it. So I don't worry about it.
> But problem relates to #veryDeepCopy method of morphs. It is very very slow. This method is used for view creation from prototype morph object. I have fix with special methods for copy prototype morph. But I don't use it yet.
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> Now I prepare presentation for ESUG. So I can take into account of all your comments and questions.
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> Best regards,
> Denis
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