Need an alternative to Interface Builder for a good reason
Need an alternative to Interface Builder for a good reason
- Subject: Need an alternative to Interface Builder for a good reason
- From: Josh de Lioncourt <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:58:24 -0700
Hi,
I've tried to find information by scowering the net to very little
avail. I've gathered a few tidbits which I'll ask about here, and I
fervently hope someone here will have something that can help me. If
you feel you can contribute to solving this problem, please make sure
you've read this entire message first. I'll keep it as short as i can.
I'm currently a Windows developer, though I've migrated nearly
everything else I do to Mac. My company wants to expand to the Mac
platform, and I need to get going with Cocoa. The catch is that I'm
totally blind, and while I can create interfaces with some effort
when developing for Windows, this is not possible yet with Apple's
Interface Builder and VoiceOver, (the screen reader included with the
Mac).
Everyone loves Interface Builder, so when I see archived discussions
where people have asked for alternatives, it usually seems to end in
people convincing the questioner to stick with it. That's great, but
not an option for me.
I understand that there is a method by which interfaces can be built
out of Cocoa objects with Java, but I can't find documentation on
exactly how to do this, and the one person I've corresponded about it
has told me it is rather cumbersome. The impression I've gotten is
that it is sort of a dirty way just to get the job done, and is
neither efficient nor condusive to productivity.
Lastly, I found reference in a couple of places that NIB files are
just a type of PList, and that they can be edited with any PList
editor. I'm dubious of this, but if I could gather enough
information on this, it sounds like it could potentially be a solution.
If anyone can offer instruction or information on the above methods,
or if anyone knows of alternatives that I don't that may work for me,
I would really appreciate it. I've been a developer for more than
twenty-years and this stumbling block has proven one of the most
frustrating situations I've ever run into.
Thanks.
Josh de Lioncourt
email@hidden
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