Hi, Thanks for the feedback.
Given that all listed points are negative, does it mean that there was nothing positive about Pharo 4? :) Cheers, Doru On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Benoit St-Jean via Pharo-dev < pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Benoit St-Jean <bstj...@yahoo.com> > To: Pharo Development List <pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 12:08:03 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Pharo 4 Beta, first impressions > 3 quick things : > > 1) How can I get the Windows theme (W2K) that was available in Pharo 3 > (it's no longer there in Pharo 4.0 Beta). Having the close, maximize & > minimize buttons to the left of every window is VERY annoying for Windows > users! > > 2) Am I the only one annoyed by the fact that the Collection class still > holds on to 2 class variables (one of them being an instance of Random, the > other a mutex) for the sole purpose of accommodating the #atRandom & > #atRandom: methods ? Even worse, the Integer class' implementation of > #atRandom references the Collection class to use that random instance! In > other words, Integer>>#atRandom --> Collection>>#randomForPicking --> > Random ! I've always been a fan of the "mind your own business" approach. > Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to have the Random class provide a > default instance (a singleton) whenever other classes need such an object > instead of crippling the code with class variables and singleton instance > all over the place? > > 3) I'm having a few "Could not find disk drive" errors on Windows XP ( > never had that error with Pharo 3 and I've been using it every day since it > came out). Am I the only one? I ran all SUnit tests and the VM crashed > "real bad". Do you guys need logs/dumps/errors on the console ? > > ----------------- > Benoit St-Jean > Yahoo! Messenger: bstjean > Twitter: @BenLeChialeux > Pinterest: benoitstjean > IRC: lamneth > Blogue: endormitoire.wordpress.com > "A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero". (A. Einstein) > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"
