[Gllug] Toolkit to write graphical app in Perl?

rich at annexia.org rich at annexia.org
Fri Jan 10 11:16:31 UTC 2003


On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 11:07:33AM +0000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> On Fri 10 Jan, Tethys bloviated thus:
> 
> > You probably don't. While it may seem like a good idea, controls on a
> > stereo component are designed for physical contact. Emulating a volume
> > knob on a computer screen may look cool at first glance, you'll find
> > it hard to operate with a mouse.
> 
> Yeah.  Anyone who's used early versions of Rebirth will attest to
> that!  The only GUI controls which work with a mouse are sliders, and
> even they're tedious.

The world is waiting for a CD player interface which uses the
mouse wheel (buttons 4 & 5) to control volume.

Rich.

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