Re: OODL: OODL - Windows compiler?/ windows programer.

[Dylan Just]

At 09:12 am 02/06/99 +1100, you wrote:
>> Yeah, I think that'd be a good choice :-) One thing we'll have to take
>> care of is that e.g. roundrect buttons have their corners rounded the same
>> way etc. Also, you have to add support for colors, that is, your code
>> should be able to draw the outline of a button using a different color than
>> the text, the contents, or the shadow. We need to take HC into the colored
>> dimension here.
>
>I really think we should do away with some of those redundant button
styles. I
>know it won't be 100% HyperTalk compatible if we do, but we need to get
>HyperCard up to date. All the round rect and oval buttons can go on the scrap
>heap for all I care. I don't want to spend my time coding crappy looking,
80's
>buttons. Even if I can make the outline red and the text blue.

I agree.  Rectangular buttons are already built into most graphics APIs.
(eg win32, MFC)