RE: [e4-dev] e4 release review slides

[Kirill Grouchnikov <kirillcool@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kai,

Just to keep you updated, i've ported about half of the code to SWT - you can see the video at [1] that shows:

* Shell fading in when it is opened
* Shell fading out when it is closed
* Smooth scrolling of content (i'm using mouse wheel to scroll)
* Rollover animation effect on the close button

I'll be adding the rest of the functionality - showing detailed view in the style of the original Swing implementation at [2] in the next few days. Should be the same functionality modulo the current limitation of no per-pixel translucency in SWT - as you can see i use opaque rectangular top-level window and close button completely inside it, as opposed to soft corner translucent window with close button partially outside of it in Swing (JDK 7). If the list thinks that per-pixel translucency is an important feature for 3.6/e4, please comment on the enhancement request at [3].

Once the code is done, it will be available under BSD license as the rest of Trident and its test applications.

Thanks
Kirill

[1] http://blip.tv/file/2418371
[2] http://vimeo.com/4622654
[3] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=285026

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From: "Toedter, Kai" <kai.toedter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: E4 Project developer mailing list <e4-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:29:32 PM
Subject: RE: [e4-dev] e4 release review slides

Kirill,

 

I have been following both the SceneGraph and your Trident activities in the last months. I would love  to see your (swing) demo running in an SWT environment and discuss in this list how Trident might fit into e4.

 

Best regards,

 

Kai

 

From: e4-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:e4-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kirill Grouchnikov
Sent: Dienstag, 21. Juli 2009 23:03
To: E4 Project developer mailing list
Subject: Re: [e4-dev] e4 release review slides

 

Hi

I have a question about slide 4 - about deferring the advanced animations in SWT.

I've been following this list for a few months, and i haven't seen any (significant) discussion on this topic. I've recently released the first official version of Trident animation library which has built in support for both Swing and SWT - including automatic support for threading rules and additional UI toolkit-specific features.

The overview of support for UI toolkits is at [1], and examples for SWT can be found at [2]-[4].

Is this something that would be of interest to the e4 project? The core Trident capabilities can be used to built more complex animations such as layout transitions, window fades, cross fades etc - as shown in the demo Swing application at [5]. And while the demo is in Swing, i am going to port it to SWT as well in the next few weeks.

Thanks
Kirill

[1] http://kenai.com/projects/trident/pages/UIToolkitSupport
[2] http://kenai.com/projects/trident/pages/SimpleSWTExample
[3] http://kenai.com/projects/trident/pages/ParallelSWTTimelines
[4] http://kenai.com/projects/trident/pages/KeyFrameExample
[5] http://vimeo.com/4622654

 

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From: John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: e4-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:59:57 AM
Subject: [e4-dev] e4 release review slides


I have prepared the docu-ware required by the Eclipse development process for the e4 0.9 release. I have attached a draft of the slides here for e4 committers to review. Please let me know of any errors or ommissions.



John