[Cuis] Morph instance specific mouse and drag methods

Juan Vuletich juan at jvuletich.org
Sat Jan 18 09:59:17 CST 2014


All great reasons!

Keep us posted!

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich

On 1/15/2014 9:44 PM, Ken Dickey wrote:
> Some reasons for using properties for instance specific behavior:
>    - Morphs already have properties (no new classes)
>    - UI operations can be a bit slow but are fast relative to humans
>    - No change to VM dispatch mechanics
>    - Current usage does not change hardware event ->  message dispatch mechanics
>
> Much of what I am interested in relates to direct authoring via drag-n-drop pallets and fill-in-the-blank or simple method extensions.  I am not sure where I would use instance specific behavior outside of the UI.
>
> One thing to think about is that common patterns can use "threaded code" which is very efficient.  For a specialized common cases the Scratch solution is very attractive alternative to/as a mini-language.
>
> More playtime as I get a chance..
> -KenD
>





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