KL Group Announces XRT/gear 2.0; Three Important New Widgets Added to Leading Component Collection.TORONTO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1996--KL Group Inc., the leading supplier of GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. components for X/Motif developers, today announced the release of XRT/gear 2.0. This collection of essential components features several enhancements, including new Outliner/Tree, Progress, and Combo Box A combination text box and list box. It normally displays as a single line item, but can be opened into a list by clicking its arrow. widgets that give Motif developers powerful functionality to design and display more flexible user interfaces. The Outliner An outliner is a special text editor that allows text to be structured as an outline. Outliners are typically used for computer programming, collecting or organizing ideas, Getting Things Done, or project management. widget Pronounced "wih-jit," for decades, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names; for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits. enables developers to display hierarchical data such as file systems, catalogs, ordered lists In HTML an ordered list
An unordered list
v. re·or·dered, re·or·der·ing, re·or·ders v.tr. 1. To order (the same goods) again. 2. To straighten out or put in order again. 3. To rearrange. v. , and PostScript The de facto standard page description language (PDL) in the graphics arts industry as well as in commercial printing. Developed by Adobe, many printers and most imagesetters support PostScript by having a built-in PostScript interpreter. printing. With true hierarchical data storage and over 60 resources and 35 utility functions, the Outliner widget provides complete functionality and performance for applications of any scope. With the Progress widget, developers can design meters that notify users of the progress of an action within an application. Using a wide variety of display modes, including continuous bars and stacking or moving icons, developers can create entertaining and informative progress meters that maintain user interest. The advanced Combo Box widget allows users to select functions from a list of alternatives. The Combo Box brings interface flexibility, ease of use, and productivity to the widely-used Motif 1.2 toolkit. "We're very pleased with the Beta versions A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. of XRT/gear 2.0, and in particular the Outliner/Tree widget. It provides us with an easy, intuitive way to organize data objects for application users," said Brent Brent, outer borough (1991 pop. 226,100) of Greater London, SE England. The area is a rail and industrial center. Its manufactures include automobile parts, clocks and watches, and electrical equipment. Goldstein, Senior Software Engineer, Arlington Heights Arlington Heights, village (1990 pop. 75,460), Cook county, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; founded 1836, inc. 1887. Its manufactures include machinery, drugs and medical equipment, and metal fabrication. Arlington Park racetrack is there. , Ill. "We have designed XRT/gear 2.0 with essential new functionality, to ensure that XRT/gear continues to be the most popular choice for basic Motif add-on components," said Paul Sahota, product manager for XRT/gear. "Feedback from XRT/gear 1.0 customers indicated that they were pleased with the features and quality of the components, but wanted even more components, especially an Outliner/Tree widget they could rely on for sophisticated, demanding applications." -0-
More XRT/gear 2.0 Components:
Tab Manager Build tabbed-folder interfaces, with a variety
of looks. Combine text and images on tabs,
and even build nested tab interfaces.
Toolbar Add colorful icons to a toolbar to expose the
functionality of an application with a series
of buttons that are instantly accessible.
Aligner Create columns of label-widget pairs. Easier
than Motif's RowColumn widget, ideal for
building user friendly forms.
Enhanced Toggle Create multi-stage toggles. Pixmaps stipple
automatically to denote an insensitive state.
Enhanced Label Combine pixmaps with text labels. Supports
multiple border styles and label rotation.
Enhanced Pushbutton Display pixmaps and text concurrently on a
pushbutton.
Widget Tips Add temporary pop-up spot help to any Motif
widget.
Widget Snapshot Print any widget, dialog or shell in
PostScript.
Icon Collection Use the built-in Browser to choose from over
3,000 PD icons.
-0- Pricing and Availability XRT/gear 2.0 will begin shipping on Nov. 8, 1996 and is priced at $1,495. KL Group KL Group develops and markets the XRT XRT A symbol used specifically upon the consolidated tape to indicate a security trading ex-rights. Notes: Typically, a stock will depreciate in price immediately after rights offering expires. family of GUI components for Motif, Olectra components for Windows, and JClass components for Java. Founded in 1989, KL Group has posted an operating profit Operating profit (or loss) Revenue from a firm's regular activities less costs and expenses and before income deductions. operating profit See operating income. for more than 20 consecutive quarters, while maintaining a yearly growth rate of 50% or higher. KL Group's products are sold from their corporate offices in Toronto, and internationally through a world-wide channel of qualified resellers. For more information on KL Group's products, access the World Wide Web at http://www.klg.com. -0- Note to Editors: XRT is a registered trademark. XRT, XRT/gear, JClass and Olectra are trademarks of KL Group Inc. All other brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Nadel Phelan Paula Phelan, 408/439-5570 ext. 222 paula@nadelphelan.com |
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