New CBM Authoring?
25-Mar-90 17:19:03
Sb: #95298-New CBM Authoring?
Fm: Ethan Solomita 70137,3271
To: John Dubler 73220,2567
OK. Let's see how much more detail I can go into.
The interface was very nice and clean. The main "window" contained a
grid which represented the path your routines follow. Your program starts
with the icon in the upper-left which is default set to a "routine-start"
icon (a duodecahedron? 20-sided dice). The first command in the routine
goes one down and to the right from it along the grid.
Along the bottom are a series of categories, such as A/V and Flow.
When you click on one (they are icons), you get another series of icons
listing all the related icons which can be put in your routine.
When you put them in you can edit them, to define specifically what
they can do. It pops up a large requestor for each. You can put comments in
anywhere. Also, if you have a routine that gets so large it gets in your
way you can "telescope" it and it simply gets a place holder. It looks very
well thought-out.
— Ethan