ForeUI will have a special feature: allow changing the theme of the UI prototype, the default theme will be “Wireframe Theme”, which represent the components with wireframe. We will implement at least 3 more themes: Windows Theme, Mac OS X Theme and Java Theme, these themes will simulate the real UI effect, for preview purpose.
For example: the user draw the screen once, then he/she can render it in different themes, to see what will it look like in Mac, in Windows or in Java.
Again we have to work on EaSynth L&F designer first, ForeUI has no highest priority at this time. Anyway, the OX Editon is out and I think it is really good.
Also there is a new version of EaSynth L&F, so ForeUI will have a better look in the future:-)
We will continue working on ForeUI development from tomorrow on.
ForeUI will not have any boring document (except optional daily tips).
So the context menu in plot area is also the document of the hotkeys 🙂
A friend introduce me an interesting L&F named “Napkin”, it is really wonderful and I think there is a very good point: a demo should looks like a demo. My understanding is that in some cases, a demo should not look “too” pretty, or it may let people think it was not a demo.
We think ForeUI should have something like Napkin, which make the mockup “uglier”. Also we know it is not always necessay to do that, so we just add an optional featured: Rumple Effect.
Today the plot info bar is implemented, and the rumple effect is also integrated into the bar, here is the result:
We have to hold ForeUI project for a week, and now it is resumed.
Actually in the last ten days, we were assigned to work for the update 5 of designer and EaSynth L&F v1.05. That is a big update, and I am pleased to see EaSynth L&F support the shadow effect in combo box now, so ForeUI can have a more consilient UI style.