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Originally Posted by ivagiglie
First I have to say it's nice to see so many new options and all the possibilities that these should open to us mission builders, good.
Now the not-so-good thing about the GUI:
it is terrible, really - it would have looked cool in 1995 but 15 years have passed since then.
I really would like to give feedback that could bring some improvements with a little work but this really needs to be rewritten ...
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...take to understand otherwise and maybe we could come up with something more modern that could complement this new FMB.
And thanks if you've read my whole post  |
Hi everybody,
Thanks for the great update!
But I'd like to second what ivagiglie said. The major reason why I didn't use the IL2 mission builder much over all these years was the interface.
I know that right now all development effort is on much more important things but I think it would be worth to re-think the GUI.
I've been working as a software architect for 20 years now and in most of my projects the GUI was or is one of the key elements that are very important.
The way I would go, would be Qt4. Qt4 is a set of C++ libraries that are available for windows, linux, Mac and even embedded platforms. They include everything to make highly ergonomic and modern GUI applications with just a few lines of code.
If you provided some kind of front-end library in C++ for all the functionalities of the FMB, we (the community) would be able to give you a hand or even develop a standalone application that has all that ergonomic appeal and bells and whistles that would make the FMB an even more outstanding tool.
cheers,
Schallmoser