Feb 7

1
Feb 7

• Swing p. 67-75 What is inherited from
  Jcomponent (which inherits from Container that
  inherits from Component).
• Tool tips (see p. 317 for details)
• Borders (seee 408 for details)
• Using the keyboard (hotkeys) note footnote.
• Look and feel (p. 428)
• Client properties(see other thread of tutorial)
• Layout setting
• Assistive technologies (p. 393)
• Double buffering
• Get parameter values
• API (method signatures) p.70-75
• Customizing appearance
• Setting state (tool tip, enabled, visible, locale
• Handling events(ComponentListener, Key Listener,
  MouseListener, ContainerListner, FocusListener,
  contains, get ComponentAt
• Painting Components (repaint, revalidate)
• Containment Hierarchy (add, remove,get..)
• Layout (preferredSize, Allignment)
• Size and Position information
• Specify absolute size

2
Fork in the Tale

• Problem GUI control scheme for real-time video
  game
• Designer needed scene choices plus interaction
  with characters and objects, user had to use only
  fingers to accomplish all actions.
• Johnsons first efforts were?
• Difficulties posed by speech and thought?
  Solutions?
• Results 21 action symbols, 22 speech/thought
  symbols
• Role of game editors (vs. Johnson and designer)
  and documenters
• Other visual components of the game (scoring)
• Lessons learned
• Right picture
• Good symbols are easy to learn
• No color-emotion map
• Roles of different members of the implementation
  team.
• Commercial success?