Re: [Gzz] Generalizing views - Collecting everything together

[Tuomas Lukka]

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:48:39PM +0200, Asko Soukka wrote:
> Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Tuomas Lukka kirjoitti:
> 
> > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:04:28PM +0200, Asko Soukka wrote:
> > > Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Tuomas Lukka wrote:
> > > > I disagree. I think that we *can* have automatic interpolation most of 
> > > > the time.
> > > > One important thing on the way is to *show* that the same node is shown 
> > > > twice:
> > > > 
> > > > >   A-C-B 
> > > > >   |  /  
> > > > >   B -   
> > > > 
> > > > A ghost connection (beam, or such).
> > > 
> > > I discussed with Tuukka about this yesterday. The interpolation in Loom 
> > > look ugly and should probably be replaced by a ghost connection, but how 
> > > to make it look nice in AWT?
> > 
> > Could we first think about how we want it to look and only *then* how to
> > approximate the ideal situation in AWT? Constraining ourselves to AWT's
> > limitations this early in the design phase is not good.
> 
> On GL side we can use unique backgrounds. 

That's a good idea; this would be an ideal application for them, since they
emphasize the identity.

> Probably also fillet-like(?) 
> ghost (slightly transparent?) connections, 

Yes.

> but then the screen could get 
> messy if there are a dozen of cross-connections going across the wheel.

Something we did once was emphasize those connections that were close to the 
mouse.

> In our simple views all connections are straight lines. Will this change, 
> or could we use some kind of bezier line connecting the different 
> occurrences of the same node. 

You could use *ANYTHING* you can draw for the connection. Bezier, subdivision
surfaces, lightnings, ...

> Should the connection go across the wheel or 
> try to circle along the edges? Color coding for connections? Dashed lines? 
> ...

This would depend on how many nodes we expect to see, and how many connections
among them.

        Tuomas