[TxMt] Re: Yosemite view effects

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 18/09/14 10:37, Allan Odgaard wrote:

> Ah, no. TextMate uses custom code which was supposed to be a re-usable
> control with declarative look and behavior. But it is a failed
> experiment (previously other things also used this control, but now only
> the tab bar view is left, and it’s more complex than it need to be, due
> to this attempt of generalization).

I see.

> Using the 10.10 look on 10.9 would not make sense, so yeah, will retain
> the 10.9 look under 10.9.

That's relieve.

> I had a brief look at MMTabBarView but I think its 10.6 compatibility
> requirement has made it not adopt a lot of new things that would make
> the implementation of this control simpler (and more flexible).

I see. I haven't use MMTabBarView myself. I just noticed it was a 
pre-existing tab control that supports the Safari look.

> I’ll spend some more time on this today and see where it takes us: Didn’t
> really intend to do tab bar view now (as there is actual broken stuff
> that needs fixing ;) ) but I’ve been wanting to get a bit more
> experience with layer-backed views…

Cool, good luck :)

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg