This is a bit off-topic, but might be interesting to some on this list. Many of us are VueScan users, and some of us already know that Ed Hamrick builds his program on the wxWindows cross-platform framework. I have been trying out another product that is built on wxWindows: the MojoWorld Transporter.
MojoWorld synthesizes and renders artificial, but realistic looking landscapes (entire planets, in fact), based on fractal mathematics. <http://www.pandromeda.com/> Wired has an article with interesting background info on the MojoWorld project and its chief scientist, Ken Musgrave. Check out the screenshots. <http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48155,00.html> The software is available in versions for Mac OS X, Mac OS 9, Windows, and Linux. I discovered that it was written on wxWindows after inspecting a crash log (this was for Mac OS X version of Transporter). Some people have complained that VueScan's user interface does not follow proper standards for Windows. I use it on a Mac, and I find it rather spartan, not totally consistent with Mac UI standards, but usable. The authors of MojoWorld took another approach. They built a unique, highly stylized, and platform-independent UI on top of wxWindows. I'm not suggesting that Ed needs to go this route. But it is very stylish, worth a look if you are interested in UI design. And the images produced by the freebie Transporter softare are certainly impressive and fascinating. Standard disclaimer - I have no connection to Pandromeda or its MojoWorld project. -- Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
