AltME: R3-GUI

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DocKimbel
You can pass a DRAW block to R2's edge when you need more complex layouts.
Rebolek
I think there was some talk to add something like EDGE to R3GUI, to simplify things like focus, but noone ever implemented it.
DocKimbel
Thanks for the info. I will most probably support EDGE facets in Red/View.
Gregg
I liked EDGE too, and images could be used for it too, though I never did more than play with that, I thought that was the original intended way to do more advanced edges, if not as eifficient as DRAW. I do remember Carl saying something about not like EDGE himself, so it went away.
I suppose using edge was somewhat redundant if you used an image with 'extend to make your shapes. Chris R-G often made very nice looking styles with R2, so worth getting his input as a designer as well.
Pekr
R3-GUI was supposed to be mostly a draw based, no bitmaps ....
Rebolek
EDGE is fine for some widgets. If you have for example circular radio button, EDGE won't help you very much.
Gregg
Vector is the way of the world for many things now, because of varying display densities and screen sizes, but EDGE can still get you a long way IMO. At least for squares like me. ;-)
Oldes
Actually rendering bitmaps is stil the most efficient way and so is used on mobile devices. You just must do it in the way how GPU likes it, for example use texture atlases, multiple assets per resolution, etc. Drawing gui using CPU is a no-go on mobiles and OSes too... no wonder that Vista was so bad OS, when it had only CPU gui rendering. Using pure vectors on GPU is also not that good, if you don't need just rectangles... because of expensive anti-aliasing.
If Vector was "the way of the world", Flash would not be banned from most mobiles.
And although browsers did big improvements since last years with SVG rendering, it still sucks a lot with performance.
Henrik
I have to agree on bitmaps. Also, I can't imagine designers ever spending more than a few moments on DRAW before they throw up their hands and go back to Photoshop, as it's just much easier to work out skins there.
Oldes
The most popular UI for Flash platform for Stage3D (GPU) is http://feathersui.com/ - you can see that it's using bitmaps too:
https://github.com/joshtynjala/feathers/blob/master/themes/MetalWorksDesktopTheme/assets/images/metalworks_desktop.png
Henrik
It doesn't mean you can't work out the UI in a vector illustrator app, if you so desire, and then export it to a bitmap.
Oldes
Right... you can even use slow but nice CPU randering into bitmap, which is than used as your assets on GPU.
Henrik
I enjoyed working out the old test artwork for the R3 GUI, but it isn't realistic to ask a designer to use DRAW to make new skins.
Pekr
Henrik - I don't believe, that doing styles in PS is faster than using Illustrator, unless you admit, that you don't know the Ilustrator.
Of course - if you then use it to generate bitmpas, why not, but doing arrows, buttons, etc. should be imo faster with the Vector SW ...
Henrik
Pekr, I never said that. I said that using DRAW to make skins is much more laborious than using an artwork application like Photoshop or Illustrator.
And these days, those two kinds of apps are merging.

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