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Re: Shiny black objects

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From: Sean L. Hill
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:35
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dave@prim.uucp writes
> 
> What I want to see is shiny hard black objects, not sticky objects, not
> objects that are glued into the binary. .....> 
> Dave Griffiths

What I would like to see is the option to select in the Preferences panel  
what text object to use.  I would like to be able to plug in a custom or  
third-party text object and use that.  I would like to see this carried  
over to other objects as well so that third-party developers  and common  
users can take advantage of this object-oriented world without using IB.

For example, I would like to be able to install a new sound object, that  
would have the same abilities as the previous sound object but extend it  
to include surround sound and DAT quality.  This way it would be very easy  
for a third-party to provide hardware that could be used by all software.   
Not just custom written or IBuilt programs.  

This would be good to see taken further so that there will exist a  
NextObjects/ where the standard NeXT-provided objects exist and each user  
can setup a LocalObjects/ from which customized objects can be selected.   
via Preferences either at the system level or within each App.  To have  
that kind of selectivity should be possible with run-time binding  
shouldn't it. 

Comments or problems?

-Sean
slh@scire.hampshire.edu  (NeXTMail+)
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