I can't tell if you're being serious there or just having fun.
What percentage of users would you guess want a rapid way to make their UIs look 20 years old and in a platform-specific way?
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I can't tell if you're being serious there or just having fun.
Well, I knew I'd come across it again if I thought about it hard enough, clicked my heels together 3 times, and said "Theres NO place like..." oh wait, thats something else.
Does it have to be one or the other? I usually try to have it both waysFourthWorld wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:10 pmI can't tell if you're being serious there or just having fun.
I don't like guessing, and I have no information to base it on. The guy your asking currently does it all the time, and I suspect a lot of mobile dev's might run test machines to see if it looks right, but if I had to guess, I would guess that most people aren't crazy (like me).What percentage of users would you guess want a rapid way to make their UIs look 20 years old and in a platform-specific way?
I have not been playing with your system
Serious fun is the best fun.
You had me up until that last line.In any case, who said that the choices had to stagnate at 20 year old UI looks? Keep the current choice and update the look to the last 5 years, or offer a range of looks, the ones you already have up to modern.
Now I would just bet, for the guy who is dev'ing for Winders on a nixen box (or mac from winders, or whatever), it would be boss to have the ability to see if the button / label / menu / tab pane looks right with 2 clicks (4, if you decided to change it back) even if it is just emulated to look that way, it looked pretty close here for 20 years ago interfaces.
Well, the 2 clicks is nice, as opposed to the choices you have even with the VMs. Having to go the VM route to test the look, you have to break the flow of your work, do a full compile, move the file from where your working / saving to either a shared folder or other method to get it on the vm, rinse wash repeat.FourthWorld wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 4:26 amNot nearly as nice as just a single click right in the IDE, but about as good as practical in our modern rich-GUI world.
Believe it my friend, BELIEVE!! Thanks for the toy, even though I'm not in anything that new for more than ts'ing / helping others, new toys are always welcomeFourthWorld wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 4:26 amI don't believe MetaCard had a GUI for it, at least not before it went FOSS.
Another plugin idea: I test most things in the IDE, not only saving the time of making a standalone, but I don't even need to copy the stack file over - Nextcloud does that for me with all my work files across my machines.bogs wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:08 amWell, the 2 clicks is nice, as opposed to the choices you have even with the VMs. Having to go the VM route to test the look, you have to break the flow of your work, do a full compile, move the file from where your working / saving to either a shared folder or other method to get it on the vm, rinse wash repeat.
?who determines when something is seldom used
Don't worry, you are not alone; therapy and counselling are available.I must have a weird development cycle
First I've ever heard of em, but I've only been (trying to learn) Lc since around 6.0.1 sometime in 2013. where do you normally see these surveys?richmond62 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:20 amI don't know if you have completed any of those surveys (check each box from 1 to 10)
that 'Head Office' send out from time to time.
1. Are you long in the tooth enough to remember the 'Look and Feel' menu
item in Runtime Revolution? Answer Yes or No.
2. If your answer to #1 was 'Yes' would you like the 'Look and Feel' menu
item restored to LiveCode? Answer Yes or No.
3. Would you like a range of contemporary options in 'Look and Feel'?
Answer Yes or No.
4. Do you ever have an urge to commit violence on people who put out surveys of this sort?
Answer Yes or No.
I find it very difficult indeed to see how one can patent the bevelling on a button,copyright or patent claims