On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:05 AM, Michael Blumenkrantz <[email protected]> wrote: > please don't just copy the E menus into elm. while they may be better > overall, they're really not that great...certainly not something I would > hold up as the sterling standard of menus. here's just some of the huge > issues with e menus that stand out as reasons why they're bad (and why I > will eventually need to overhaul them): > > * the whole "separate mouse handler" thing creates a giant race condition > for showing/hiding submenus which is a GIANT nightmare > * e menus can't scroll (obviously) and adding scrolling would turn them > into even more of a nightmare > * submenu deletion is also a huge race condition > * the whole menu item callback design is broken since they can be called > repeatedly instead of just the one time they were intended to be called > (currently hacked around) > * oh jesus the menu category/augmentation system kill it with fire > * interceptors for move/resize? really? just to show menus in the right > place? > * adding items to a menu asynchronously is seriously infuriating--just look > at the fileman menu system to see what a clusterfuck it is > > while I agree that the elm menu api/internals/design needs work, I am > strongly opposed to anything related to copying the E menu system into elm. > a much better solution would be a new menu design which works properly > (without all these hacks and flaws) and can be used in both places. > > this doesn't need to be rushed in just to make it before the 1.8 release; > menus are important, and we should spend some time on them.
+1 Lucas De Marchi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
