Qt: More slots please
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006I’m usually an avid fanboy of Qt, but the more I use it, the more I find myself wanting two changes:
1. More slots please
2. More control over signals
Read on for a couple examples.
Archive for March, 2006
First Impressions of Office 2007
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006I just watched a Microsoft video preview of Office 2007. I was impressed with the new “Ribbon” concept to replace all the old toolbars and menus. When I say all, I mean all! Finally, the “File” menu is gone! I think it looks quite nice, and it shouold save us from being drowned in an ocean of dialogs. I’ve written a few GUIs in my day, and it’s challenging to write a complex GUI that doesn’t overwhelm the user with dialogs and windows. Kudos to Microsoft on this one.
I do, however, have two gripes that go to the very heart of what I consider a quality user interface, from which Microsoft software has suffered for years. Read on for some good old fashioned gripes…