On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Andreas Wacknitz <a.wackn...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Am 31.05.2011 um 09:38 schrieb laurent laffont: > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Andreas Wacknitz <a.wackn...@gmx.de>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have convinced a friend to take a closer look at Pharo 1.2.1 and Dolphin >> Smalltalk. He is an experienced Java developer. >> After some time he started to complain about Pharo. I was discussing with >> him and now think that he has some valid points. >> >> His biggest complaint is: "Why does Pharo always show windows at sizes and >> positions I don't want?" >> I answered him: You could set the standard window size in the class >> RealEstateAgent and furthermore you can create or change >>initialExtent >> methods in every class that is involved. >> But his answer was: Why should I do that? It's the responsibility of an >> IDE. I don't want to program elementary things of my IDE. Why is there no >> mechanism that let a user set the sizes and positions of windows? Netbeans >> and Eclipse are doing that nicely. Why isn't it possible in Pharo? >> After that discussion I now question my own way of using Pharo and Squeak. >> I have created some changesets that I used to file in when using >> a fresh image. But that seems stupid now... >> >> His second complaint was that he doesn't like the cluttered windows. While >> programming he had a lot of open windows and told me that he lost overview. >> > > > This is why I've started TilingWindowManager. Could you friend give some > feedback ? > > Laurent. > > > Laurent, > > I looked at TWM and it looked promising but I think it's only a complement > to what I have in mind: > A user should be able to save window sizes and positions as defaults. > The TWM makes my life easier but still can't guess what I really want. > > Don't hesitate to contribute code :) Laurent. > Regards > Andreas > > >
