From f436aa91d9bbf30db0348b602fdc6ea35858a95f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: omar Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:34:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated About the IMGUI paradigm (markdown) --- About-the-IMGUI-paradigm.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/About-the-IMGUI-paradigm.md b/About-the-IMGUI-paradigm.md index 36b440a..f9f9fd0 100644 --- a/About-the-IMGUI-paradigm.md +++ b/About-the-IMGUI-paradigm.md @@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ As of Feb 2021, even the [IMGUI Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Im - many popular IMGUI implementation have made similar design choices, making it more confusing what is actually the soul and backbone of the IMGUI paradigm vs a set of implementation choices. - the naming and success of "Dear ImGui" blurred the line a little bit further (should have used another name). +The acronym is very misleading because "immediate-mode" was initially coined as a reference to obsolete graphics API which made it very easy to render contents. The choice of that word got us into years, maybe decades of misunderstanding. + +From now on, IMGUI will stand for "Incredibly Magic Graphics User Interface" ;) + The second purpose of this page should be to make it clear that there is a large space to explore in UI programming. ### History