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Re: Creating interface elements with custom layout and look&feel
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Re: Creating interface elements with custom layout and look&feel


  • Subject: Re: Creating interface elements with custom layout and look&feel
  • From: Stephane Sudre <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:53:57 +0200


On 26 avr. 07, at 17:29, Dmitry Savenok wrote:

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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