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QuickShow is a Java 1.1 class library for creating interactive graphical
components. (On a PC that means Internet Explorer 4 or Netscape Navigator 4.) For example, here are two beachballs
on a background photograph. Click on a ball, drag it somewhere and drop it.
A program as (apparently) simple as this nonetheless requires extensive knowledge of threads, messages, animation
and so on. The QuickShow class libraries make it easy to construct interactive
graphical components by providing a set of classes that already contain all the essential methods needed for this
kind of job.
This part of our Web page is an introduction to QuickShow, with example
applets to help you get started. You can download the classes themselves (opposite) and use them in your own applets
or applications.
QuickShow uses a Stage/Actor metaphor. The Stage is a subclass of Canvas,
an arbitrary drawing surface and one of the standard components that can be placed either in an applet or an application.
Actors are independent, interactive class objects that run within a particular Stage and do all the application
processing. Click the links on the right for full documentation.
Note: This set of classes has been simplified and some of the previous functionality has been removed. This
is because the package is now part of Linguist, which provides the extra functionality
by other means. However, we no longer require registration of the QuickShow
classes; they may be used freely.
Another Simple Example
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