Just a note that fellow developer Tim Davis has released a framework of HUD-style controls for Leopard, called BGHUDAppKit. You can download it and see some screenshots here. The framework is notable in that it uses native Cocoa drawing methods (NSBezierPath etc) to draw all the controls, and does not rely on embedded images, like [...]
As Cocoa developers, whenever we get a major new release of Mac OS X, we have to spend time familiarising ourselves with the new APIs and facilities on offer. One of the main goals of this investigative process is to identify controls and funtionality which we previously had to implement ourselves, but which are now [...]
Quick note: I’ve updated my HUDWindow source so that the close widget is added even if the panel is created via a nib rather than programmatically. Get the updated version (includes demo app) from the Cocoa source code page, or take a look at a screenshot.
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