Another REBOL 3 Status
21-Jul-2008 22:02 Filed in: REBOL 3
Carl returned briefly to discuss a few things
regarding VID3 and I’m quickly going to mention
that here.
VID3 as we know it has been dropped and development of it has been suspended for now. Now before you spontaneously jump out of the window in despair: It is replaced by a user interface system that is yet to be named, but has internally been known as VID3.4 for some time. We’ve been waiting for more details on it for about two months now, but only very few details have emerged. A few other names were thrown around, particularly because it’s different from VID, but the details are very scarce on what exactly it does. It’s not so much about its graphical capabilities as it is about how it’s used in relation to networking. Carl has only mentioned briefly that it would be roughly as capable as VID3, but would emphasize on simplicity combined with networking. It’s a bit like how HTML (presentation) relates to HTTP (networking). That has been the focus on the development of this new user interface system in the past few weeks for REBOL Technologies.
Oh, here’s a very, very small code sample. You can create links as simply as:
And, for internal links:
It doesn’t tell us much, except it will in some cases behave more like HTML.
VID3 development might continue depending on how many features overlap with the new user interface system. If too many features are overlapping, there’s no point in continuing.
The REBOL Desktop, also known as Viewtop will be dropped as well. It will be replaced by a webbrowser form factor. This is an important step towards making REBOL more recognizable for what it can do, as the Viewtop has been proven to be more confusing than simplifying. The webbrowser of today is becoming a primary way to run applications. REBOL Technologies believes that having this form factor makes it easier to relate to REBOL applications. I think of course nothing will change with regards to being able to create and run REBOL applications in separate windows. But having this browser-like facility to run tools, view interactive documents and entire applications in a more recognizable user interface sounds very cool to me.
In fact I proposed that very idea of replacing the Viewtop with a browser a few seconds before Carl turned up to mention that it was exactly what he intended!
It also fits nicely with how the new user interface system might be geared more towards documents with VID like interactivity. Whether this browser will be capable of showing HTML documents, time will tell.
Imagine a REBOL based GMail client starting up in 0.2 seconds. Cool, huh? That will give those damn webbrowsers a run for the money.
That’s basically it for now.
VID3 as we know it has been dropped and development of it has been suspended for now. Now before you spontaneously jump out of the window in despair: It is replaced by a user interface system that is yet to be named, but has internally been known as VID3.4 for some time. We’ve been waiting for more details on it for about two months now, but only very few details have emerged. A few other names were thrown around, particularly because it’s different from VID, but the details are very scarce on what exactly it does. It’s not so much about its graphical capabilities as it is about how it’s used in relation to networking. Carl has only mentioned briefly that it would be roughly as capable as VID3, but would emphasize on simplicity combined with networking. It’s a bit like how HTML (presentation) relates to HTTP (networking). That has been the focus on the development of this new user interface system in the past few weeks for REBOL Technologies.
Oh, here’s a very, very small code sample. You can create links as simply as:
button "Go there" goto http://....
And, for internal links:
button "Go here" goto 'page2
It doesn’t tell us much, except it will in some cases behave more like HTML.
VID3 development might continue depending on how many features overlap with the new user interface system. If too many features are overlapping, there’s no point in continuing.
The REBOL Desktop, also known as Viewtop will be dropped as well. It will be replaced by a webbrowser form factor. This is an important step towards making REBOL more recognizable for what it can do, as the Viewtop has been proven to be more confusing than simplifying. The webbrowser of today is becoming a primary way to run applications. REBOL Technologies believes that having this form factor makes it easier to relate to REBOL applications. I think of course nothing will change with regards to being able to create and run REBOL applications in separate windows. But having this browser-like facility to run tools, view interactive documents and entire applications in a more recognizable user interface sounds very cool to me.
In fact I proposed that very idea of replacing the Viewtop with a browser a few seconds before Carl turned up to mention that it was exactly what he intended!
It also fits nicely with how the new user interface system might be geared more towards documents with VID like interactivity. Whether this browser will be capable of showing HTML documents, time will tell.
Imagine a REBOL based GMail client starting up in 0.2 seconds. Cool, huh? That will give those damn webbrowsers a run for the money.
That’s basically it for now.
|