Hi everyone,
I would like to find out your thoughts and ideas concerning how would
it be better to realize custom looking or custom functioning interface
elements (buttons, sliders, scrollbars, etc): either by manipulating
pre-designed images, or using NSBezierPath?
At the moment I personally have the following do's and dont's in my
mind:
Speed – in my opinion, images would work faster (for instance, rounded
edges), controls based on images are easier to realize
Drawing quality – disputable, but sometimes lines created with
NSBezierPath look better thanks to real-time native anti-aliasing
Customization boundaries – how far we can go customizing the look&feel
of the controls? Seems that images win
CPU time consumption – images are working faster occupying less CPU
resources
Memory consumption – seems that manual drawings are better in relation
to memory usage
What would you recommend in this case?
It depends on the control. But you may need to keep in mind resolution
independence is expected to appear on Mac OS X.
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