Insiderview
Issue 4 M ay 2006
In l ine w ith th e ph il osoph y of th e proje ct, w e avoide d th e use of l arge e xisting l ibrarie s.W e w ante d M ak e H um an to be com pact and an e xtre m e l y re l iabl e tool w ith fe w de pe nde ncie s, and w ith w e l l de fine d fe ature s.Afte r h aving re vie w e d a l arge num be r of e xisting l ibrarie s, w e final l y de cide d th at, for th e spe cial inte rface of M ak e H um an, th e be st th ing w oul d be to w rite th e ne ce ssary cl asse s ourse l ve s.Sim pl e = Re l iabl e , Sim pl e = Easy to m anage and update .For th e se re asons, th e GUI contains onl y w h at is ne ce ssary to us and w e are doing e ve ryth ing to te st it th orough l y.Th e core h as be e n w ritte n w ith th e h e l p of Ninibe Labs.A particul ar th ank s goe s to Sim one Re and M anue lw h o toge th e r h ave de ve l ope d th e first sk e tch of th e GUI.Subse q ue ntl y, e ve ryth ing h as be e n re vie w e d by anoth e r program m e r, H ans Pe te r Duse l , w h o h as al so w ork e d on th e porting for OSX.
be ta ve rsion untilit is ful l y stabl e and h as th e ne ce ssary fe ature s to to be conside re d "com pl e te ".Th e fol l ow ing im age s are a pre vie w of th e w ork th at w e are carrying forw ard.
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Th e ne w inte rface , al th ough it use s th e ide as from ve rsion 0.8, h as be e n care ful l y pl anne d to h ave a sim pl e and intuitive de sign.Each e l e m e nt h as be e n care ful l y studie d to be e asy to unde rstand and use .
Now th at final l y both Anim orph and M H GUI h ave re ach e d a satisfactory l e ve l (e ve n if is our inte ntion to continue to pe rfe ct th e m ), th e onl y th ing th at re m ains is to com bine th e m into a singl e appl ication, M ak e H um an 1.0.Th is w il lbe a
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im prove d to be com e e ve n m ore intuitive , w e are stil lgoing to be pre paring ade q uate docum e ntation.Th is is possibl e th ank s to a te am e xcl usive l y assigne d to th e production of docum e nts, th e ir transl ation and l ogicalorganiz ation.A spe cialth ank s goe s to Al e ssandro Progl io for transl ating th e docum e ntation and adm inistrating th e W ik i (stil lin ph ase of de ve l opm e nt), to M artin M ack inl ay for th e finalre vision of th e ITA- ENG transl ation, and to Antonio Di Ce cca and Giovanni Lanz a, w h o active l y contribute to th e ITA- ENG transl ation.
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