[PD] Yet more DS GUI excursions

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Hi,


Cool stuff!

OT,
This reminded me of when I first saw YouOS.

One of these days someone may implement a full featured virtual desktop 
with a web browser and office applications, etc... all on top of Pd data 
structures. :)


--
David Shimamoto


> Here's another experiment with datastructure-based GUI replacements.
> As with Chris (with his recent excellent "expanding GUI" concept), I'm
> a big big fan of hiding complexity, and I also like keeping details
> and interaction "in context", as in, somehow connected to or growing
> from the control you're manipulating.  Apple's doing this tons lately,
> e.g., the new iLife
> http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/01/07/iwork-ilife-09-ui-roundup/ ("HUD
> panel changes" is the only pic I can find, but there are many more
> examples in the new iMovie videos @
> http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/).
> 
> So, this is a simple context-bubble sketch: dragging the slider
> reveals a bubble with two different interpretations of the slider's
> value.  With the new "click" message, these could me more than
> transient datalayers, and could graduate to being actual interactive
> controls.
> 
> The biggest problem with this example is that the bounding box of the
> GOP needs to be bigger than the control to give room for the context
> popup to appear, meaning every control has a giant black rectangular
> halo.  It would be really awesome if there was a way to hide that box,
> just like IOhannes added the option to hide the object name and
> arguments.
> 
> Another really nice addition to DS would be variable opacity, so when
> I do a filledpolygon I can specify 9005 as the color to get a
> transparent red rather than just 900.  That would be of great use for
> both these context bubbles as well as, say, a sample range selection
> box where you can still see the sample data under the selection.  And
> as ever, a way to specify a persistent z-index for DS is pretty
> essential for any complex use.
> 
> Okee, that's all for the moment
> Best
> Luke
> 
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