Damon.Lipparelli@MIRACLE.EDRC.CMU.EDU (06/28/89)
Hello. I'm in the process of writing a rather large widget application and would like to use the HP widget set to simplify things (I'd rather not have to write my own menu widget stuff, if possible), but I gather from following various net conversations that the HP widgets are in the process of being phased out. Is this true? If it is true, what kind of time frame are we talking about before they are no longer considered usable? And lastly, if they are on they're way out, is there anything that will be replacing them? Thanks for any info, Damon
joel@dtscp1.UUCP (Joel Rives) (06/29/89)
In article <8906281433.AA00556@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Damon.Lipparelli@MIRACLE.EDRC.CMU.EDU writes: >Hello. I'm in the process of writing a rather large widget application and >would like to use the HP widget set to simplify things (I'd rather not have >to write my own menu widget stuff, if possible), but I gather from following >various net conversations that the HP widgets are in the process of being >phased out. Is this true? If it is true, what kind of time frame are we >talking about before they are no longer considered usable? And lastly, if >they are on they're way out, is there anything that will be replacing them? I don't see any reason for not using the HP widget set -- other than that they will not be maintained (ie. automatically upgraded with future releases of X). This doesn't strike me as a significant problem unless the Toolkit Intrinsics undergo another major revision. For the most part, i find the HP widget set more useful and certainly better documented than the Athena widget set. This is not to say that certain widgets within the HP set are without bugs. But for the most part, i have found them to be very useful and will continue to use them. Joel Rives
mat60@uts.amdahl.com (Mark Thomas) (07/01/89)
In article <811@dtscp1.UUCP> joel@dtscp1.UUCP (Joel Rives) writes: >In article <8906281433.AA00556@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Damon.Lipparelli@MIRACLE.EDRC.CMU.EDU writes: >>Hello. I'm in the process of writing a rather large widget application and >>would like to use the HP widget set to simplify things (I'd rather not have >>to write my own menu widget stuff, if possible), but I gather from following >>various net conversations that the HP widgets are in the process of being >>phased out. Is this true? If it is true, what kind of time frame are we >>talking about before they are no longer considered usable? And lastly, if >>they are on they're way out, is there anything that will be replacing them? > >I don't see any reason for not using the HP widget set -- other than that >they will not be maintained (ie. automatically upgraded with future releases >of X). This doesn't strike me as a significant problem unless the Toolkit >Intrinsics undergo another major revision. > One question Joel Rives, The School of Hard knocks has taught me that Never assume that anything in the software world will not --undergo another major revision. It is life, as we know it. Mark T. -- UUCP: mat60@uts.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,seismo,oliveb}!amdahl!mat60 DDD: 408-746-6067 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 233, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 [ Any thoughts or opinions which may or may not have been expressed ] [ herein are my own. They are not necessarily those of my employer. ]