From: David Zicarelli ()
Date: May 16, 2008
Subject:
Re: Re: Max5 == Physical Pain
In most cases, the roundness can be eliminated through the use of the more configurable UI objects such as textbutton, pictctrl, etc. My philosophical point with preserving the shape of the basic objects is that it is used as a kind of syntax. At the point where you are using the more advanced UI objects, this syntax (the difference between object boxes and message boxes for example) is less important, because typically you are making things that look like photorealistic buttons etc.
Now you could argue that you are a super-genius advanced user and do not need David Z. to remind you of which of your boxes are objects and which are messages. Fine, I am thrilled that you've spent enough time with the software to get to that point. But part of having a "language" is a common level of understanding, and my concern is that roundness $1 and further customization of the basic objects into something unrecognizable will make understanding patches more difficult for the entire community. And frankly, I'm more concerned with making the model train club more accessible to more people than I am with making it possible for a few people to hide the means by which they create their work. As if using Max is somehow something you need to hide? If you are afraid that people won't respect you because you didn't write your application in x86 assembly code, I cannot solve your issues!
David Z.
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