Re: [Ircleech-devel] UI update

[Duncan M. <dwm...@gm...>]

Let's coordinate work on that Custom Grid control so I can try to make
a wx.net version.   Otherwise, the Mac version will suffer ;P




On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:08:20 +0100, Sisong <si...@vo...> wrote:
> 
> your crazy ! ;)
> ive been playing with the listview for a while and got stuck on the
> ibindable interface .
> surely, you can use the dataset and its tables which implements this
> interface but it would be cool
> if we can just bind to our existing types.
>  
> cant wait to see ur control in action =)
>  
> ps: props pros props , thats 3 for duncan, it would be hard to get a look
> like that in windows ;)
>  
> cycosick
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Jacob Slusser 
> To: irc...@li... 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:18 PM
> Subject: [Ircleech-devel] UI update
> 
> 
> 
> In my ever relentless pursuit of an awesome looking UI, I thought I would
> give you an update. First let me give Duncan props for all the work he's
> doing on the Mac end of things. Those screenshots look great!
>  
> I've been mulling over a couple of ideas for the Windows interface and have
> created a Photoshop mockup of what it might look like. It will be finished
> soon and I will submit it for your review. Nothing fancy, but it should
> breath a little fresh air into IrcLeech.
>  
> In addition, I've been investigating replacements for the ListView control.
> It had been suggested (and I agree) that the ListView is limited, difficult
> to work with, and lacks the hosting of other controls such as a ProgressBar.
> In addition it doesn't natively support databinding. This is my big issue.
> If we had a control that supported databinding, there would be no more
> copying of the IrcLeechCore data into the control and we could simply set
> the control's list to the IrcLeechCore list. It had also been suggested that
> the open source SourceGrid control might be an alternative, however, my
> research indicates that while it does host other controls, it does not
> support databinding.
>  
> As an alternative, I decided to create a custom grid control for us. You
> heard me right... a completely custom grid control. I can already hear some
> of you saying: "He's crazy" and "Surely there are other free alternatives
> available." In both cases you are right. But, I've done some work on a
> custom grid control in the past and decided that I've had enough struggling
> with the others and that I was going to do my own from the ground up... and
> it would be fun! I'm happy to report that since I've began last week that
> things are going very well. I hope to have something production ready in
> another couple of weeks that should solve all our problems. I will keep you
> posted.
>  
>  
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