Thanks to Wolfgang for sorting out the current discussion topics. I hope this to be the thread for 1 on the issue list. There have been three, that I have seen, competing ideas. The first is the GIO/Object IO style of objects: button <- Button [ title =: "Hello", position =: (0,0), size =: (300,50) ] set button [ onPress =: (buttonPressed button) ] set parentWindow [children ~= (/a -> button:a)] The second is a motif style (please correct me if I have this wrong): button <- create "Button" parentWindow [ title =: "Hello", position =: (0,0), size =: (300,50) ] set button [ onPress =: (buttonPressed button) ] The third is the OO approach button <- new Button button # setOnPress (buttonPressed button) button # setPosition (0,0) button # setSize (300,50) parentWindow # addChild button I propose we use the GIO/Object IO style. Does anyone have any other preferred styles that I'm missing? Which style do you prefer? David J. Sankel