I'm not sure how/why this has spilled over to the Cocoa list, but out of curiosity Wade, did you work there after Xcode 4's release? If not, I think the argument is slightly specious.
Does anyone require devs at Apple to use Xcode 4, or conform to the broken technologies that are foisted upon outside Developers? I don't know... totally rhetorical, but I'd hope not, because as bad as it is to have this put upon us, I'd hate to think they're using this trash across the board. -gt > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:41:27 -0800 > From: Wade Tregaskis <wadesli...@mac.com> > To: Matt Neuburg <m...@tidbits.com> > Cc: "cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com" <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com>, Joar > Wingfors <j...@joar.com> > Subject: Re: Xcode - An Apple Embarrassment > Message-ID: <f326e419-d299-4e21-aeb9-4748662ac...@mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > >> *No*. I've said it before (right here) and I'll say it again; this is *not* >> jumping to the documentation, and it is *not* doing what Xcode 3 did. It >> switches to the documentation window and it enters the double-clicked word >> into the search field, and it does the search, but it ****doesn't display >> the actual documentation**** on the double-clicked word. > > Indeed, the regressions around this simple piece of functionality are > disturbing. I also find that it rarely handles double clicks correctly. I > have to triple or quadruple-click much of the time. It's often faster to > just bring up the organiser (command-shift-2, obviously) and navigate to the > desired docs directly, than play some kind of bizarro skill game with my > mouse button. > >> Once again I put forward my pet wild-and-crazy "dog food" theory that the >> people at Apple do not actually *use* Xcode for serious work. I know it >> sounds wild and crazy, but I have two kinds of evidence for this theory: > > Occam's razor (and my own nearly four years working on developer tools at > Apple) will present a different explanation: Xcode is used exhaustively > within Apple, but the Xcode team just aren't good at producing a solid > product. I'm not sure why that is; all the people I know on the Xcode team > are very good developers, at least individually. > > Someone else pretty well hit the nail on the head earlier when they suggested > that developer tools just aren't given much top-level interest. I don't know > if that can be blamed for the end result though. _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
