Apparently you don't open more than two windows so there's your difference in point of view. Some people don't want to go through extra steps to do something that used to be easy and helpful.
Ten times out of ten I want to place my windows where I want them, and I don't want my existing windows closed when I create or open a new file. - Gary L. Wade (Sent from my iPhone) On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Alex Kac <a...@webis.net> wrote: > But as I said, you simply then tell Xcode to open two windows. I really don't > see what the problem is here. It sounds more like you made up your mind to > hate it and nothing else will change your mind. > > And I don't get how having one window that takes up the entire screen split > into 2 is "tiny little bits of 2 files". I don't use the 3rd pane on the > right unless I need to. If I need more space I press CMD-0 and hide the > navigator. Or in some cases I actually have Xcode open real windows. But I > find the side-by-side assistant view to be what I need 9 times out of 10. > > And this is both on a MacBook Air 11'' (using it now) or my two 27'' LCD > displays at the office. > > On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Jeffrey Oleander wrote: > >>> Alex Kac <a...@webis.net> 2011-07-24 13:31 wrote: >>>> 2011-07-25 20:22, Jeffrey Oleander wrote: >>>>>> Alex Kac <a...@webis.net> 2011-07-24 13:07 wrote: >>>>>> ...its a one window interface... >>>>> >>>>> This is a deal killer. Seeing things next to >>>>> each other is vital. It's the reason we had to >>>>> chop down so many trees in the olden days, for >>>>> highly cross-referenced listings (even with tiny >>>>> little laser print shrinking 2 older green-bar >>>>> listing pages to one 8.5" by 11") to >>>>> stretch out >>>>> across conference tables next to each other. >> >>> OK so Xcode can do that. Turn on the assistant, and >>> click on a file to open. Then option click on >>> another file... >> >> Alternating looking at tiny little bits of 2 files >> (like trying to look at a panoramic land-scape >> through a straw) is not remotely the same as looking >> at several files at the same time side by side. >> That's a good way to make mistakes, and burn up >> a lot of time hunting them down, later, because >> they're usually mistakes the compiler won't flag. > > Alex Kac - President and Founder > Web Information Solutions, Inc. > > "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you." > -- Francis Roberts _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
