# from Andy Armstrong
# on Thursday 07 August 2008 12:49:
>> I would say it only appears if the tests failed. I would prefer
>> that to
>> take focus rather than needing to go activate it. Would you rather
>> scrollback to read the diagnostics in your terminal?
>
>Is that so odd? Emphatically YES - I would rather scrollback in the
>terminal than have random stuff opening elsewhere. Always! :)
So how far do you scroll back, how do find the error message, and what
happens when the root cause has outrun the history buffer? And did you
notice that everything is backwards when you start at the end?
The computer has the information required to display the first error
first, but I guess solving technology problems with people is the
better worse.
--Eric
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Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
--Occam's Razor
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