s/satire/side (sweet auto correct!) P.S. If you view source you can see a rough todo list at the top of the index.html. I also added a few items to the bug tracker earlier today in response to Sean's and AJ's feedback :) On Nov 12, 2012 7:37 PM, "Justin Carter" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I actually made a conscious decision not to build property inspector > because I wanted to explore the idea of building a tool that gives you > visual feedback as you *code* (ignoring the fact that the drag and drop > part seems the most useful at the moment!). > > This could involve something like inline documentation, where if you are > typing inside an array property the docs (including all the attributes of > the array formtool) could appear in a panel to the satire, and a popup list > of attributes could assist you as you type (code completion). > > It may turn out that all 3 ideas are as useful as each other, but I like > the idea of the developer learning what they are building rather than just > configuring a toolbox of options and hoping for the best :) Haha.. > > Please keep the discussion coming though, it's all useful in shaping where > we can go with this. > > cheers, > Justin > On Nov 12, 2012 5:41 PM, "Jeff Coughlin" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, but I think AJ's right in that having a property inspector not only >> helps developers when building forms, but also gives them insight into >> other options and features they might not be aware of or maybe forgot about. >> >> -- >> Jeff Coughlin >> >> On Nov 11, 2012, at 21:10, Geoff Bowers <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Saturday, 10 November 2012 07:22:51 UTC+11, Sean Coyne wrote: >> >>> I used it recently for a rule, but ran into an issue. It was "user >>> error" but it brought something to mind. So I had created the whole rule >>> and then accidentally I performed a swipe gesture on my trackpad which >>> triggered the browser's back button wiping out all my work! This was a >>> little upsetting :) >>> >>> So I was wondering if you could use the browser's local storage to store >>> the current working file and even add a "Save" feature which saves it to a >>> file on the disk somewhere or just in local storage in the browser. I >>> realize that is probably complicated but it would make it a little more >>> idiot proof for idiots like me! >>> >> >> I think a local store of the changes would be great too. I wonder if >> using the Chrome Extension has this effect by default? Should certainly >> block hitting the back button by default. >> >> >>> Another idea I had was related to the other metadata. You can add the >>> field to the form but you can't update the name easily and other metadata >>> values (ftList for a list for example). If you could double click in a >>> form item or somehow open up a little dialog w/ the other options and >>> quickly adjust them that would be useful as well. >>> >> >> You can change any of the metadata on the code side by just editing the >> code. Changes on other side of the editor ie visual or code, are reflected >> in the other automatically. >> >> All the best, >> >> -- geoff >> http://www.daemon.com.au/ >> skype. gb.daemon >> twitter. @modius >> >> -- >> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google >> group. >> To post, email: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] >> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >> -------------------------------- >> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google >> group. >> To post, email: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] >> For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev >> -------------------------------- >> Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry >> >> >> > -- You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google group. To post, email: [email protected] To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev -------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry
