I'm writing an Article intended to introduce and promote Edje usage among artists and designers. I describe the structures and methodologies alongside comparisons with existing technologies like CSS.
After some clickety clicks, I have started to realize that what I'm witting might not reflect the real goals of the project, which would be ok since I want to present them as my personal opinions. But I still want to avoid outright contradictions with the developers, take the introduction as an example, this is where I'm supposed to explain "what Edje is" and "why should I care". Am I too far off course? ___ If you ever designed a web site using CSS, if you used WinAMP or XMMS, installed themes for Firefox or Opera, you might be familiar with the concept behind Edje, which (unlike the former examples) was not designed with a specific application in mind. Edje could be used to cover all of them and more. Edje puts the control of the interface back in the hands of artists and designers by effectively separating application logic and presentation in a high level signal system and minimalist API. Unlike other styling systems it doesn’t limit you to simple aesthetic changes in pre-specified widgets. Edje allows you to extend a concept among the Layout, Design and Behavior of your theme. Designed to be simple to both ends of the process, it does not force the designer to become a programmer to create truly unique themes and it does not force the programmer to become a designer (or alter his application) to accommodate them. As the lead developer of the project, Carsten Haitzler, describes it “Edje is an attempt to find a middle ground between theming and programming without turning the theme itself into just yet another program”. Widespread adoption of Edje might very well change the way we interact with our desktop and embedded applications. By drifting away from one-size-suits-all widget based applications to unique interfaces designed specifically for the problem each application is trying to solve. Limiting the use of widgets to the few tasks shared among applications where they are really necessary. ___ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
