vaccari@fattori (Vaccari Alberto) (03/22/90)
Hello,
I'm sending this mail to have some points of view about the future evolution
of Andrew from its users.
First of all I would like to shortly present the ATK-based activities
caried out inside the Olivetti research laboratory of Pisa in the last years :
* we have used the ATK editors inside a big research project
(called MULTOS and partially founded by EEC) concerning with the
document handling (acquisition, storage and retrieval);
* we have developed a class browser which allows to navigate the
ATK class hierarchy and to define or update classs (using the
ATK versione released in X11.3);
* we have rehosted the Andrew environment on an Olivetti system
(LSX) running a Unix V extended with socket library;
* we have developed an hypermedia help system on this Olivetti
system using ATK;
* we have extended the MOTIF widget set defining a new widget
(ATK-Widget) inside which all ATK editors can run;
* we have updated the ATK look and feel for Menus, Scroolbars
and Dialog boxes to emulate the MOTIF Look and Feel.
I have some material about the above activities; please contact me if you
interested to have more information.
At the moment we are involved mainly in integrating audio and video
in our X-based user interface platform and to enhance this platform
toward a hypermedia environment.
In doing this we are considering the opportunity to leave Andrew and to
use more standard building blocks.
This is because we don't know if, when and how Andrew will become
an industrial standard or which is the exact position of Andrew as far
as emerging standards are concerned.
Moreover I would like to know, from ATK people, if the problem of
the compatibility of Andrew and "rest-of-the-world" applications
has ben been faced and solved.
I have to underline that this decision is not so simple or lacking of
risks.
I hope to be able to partecipate to the next ATK user group meeting.
I would appreciate any comment, news or suggestion.
Alberto
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Alberto Vaccari | Tel : +39 50 543462 / 541901
Olivetti S&N D.O.R. | Fax : +39 50 589042
Advanced Software Laboratory | email : vaccari@oliveb.olivetti.com
via Palestro 30
56100 Pisa - Italy
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