Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
> I agree. :)
> I would love to have that.
> this is why we should really have a system to experiment these ideas.
>
>   

The Glamour framework looks useful for browser experimentation. I would
really like a modern version of the Whisker browser Doug Way created.

> On Sep 12, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Philippe Marschall wrote:
>
>   
>> Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
>>     
>>> well for this we will have to rewrite paragraphEditor :)
>>> So in making pharo moves forward we will have to accept losing some
>>> feedback.
>>>       
>> The feedback is still there. The piece of code is still marked as a
>> problem. It just doesn't get in your way.
>>
>>     
>>> But yes your idea is cool.
>>>       
>> You'll have to do more than that. I think this whole 80ies style  
>> browser
>> that's based on scrolling, clicking and popups doesn't cut it anymore
>> and adding more tabs and buttons isn't gonna fix it.
>>
>> Example, why is the browser the size it currently is? Because that was
>> more or less full screen in the 80ies. Consequence you'll always  
>> have to
>> resize and scroll when you open a browser because the category and  
>> class
>> panes are too small. I see how this was cool, exciting and new in the
>> 80ies but today it gets in my way.
>>
>> Example, I want to go to a method in a class. Either I click '--all--'
>> and scroll, scroll, look, scroll, scroll back or I click through the
>> protocols until I found on it. When I'm in Eclipse and want to open a
>> variable or method declaration I hit Ctrl + O, Eclipse shows me a  
>> short
>> outline of the class. Like in Firefox Awesome Bar it filters the  
>> list as
>> I type part of the name. Once I select something it closes and goes
>> there. Zero mouse activity. Zero additional window. When I'm in a  
>> method
>> and want to go to a method invoked there either I Ctrl + click it or I
>> hit F3. When I want to see the hierarchy of a class or the inheritance
>> of a method I just do Ctrl + T and an inline window opens. It closes
>> when I select something or hit Esc. Pharo stacks so many windows on  
>> top
>> of each other that you're never going to find your way back. So at the
>> end of the day you just close dozens of windows.
>>
>> Short anecdote, I our current project we don't ask the user for
>> confirmation, ever. If he decides to delete Migros, we do it without
>> asking. The previous version of the product did but users just  
>> developed
>> a reflex to click popups away without even reading them.
>>
>> And don't get me started on breakpoints. Or blocking the UI.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Philippe
>>
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