On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Alaric Snell-Pym <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 16 Sep 2009, at 5:15 pm, Ray Dillinger wrote: > > > A popup is a UI element that interrupts workflow and grabs > > "focus" unexpectedly which usually misdirects or blocks text > > intended to go somewhere else. The interruption can break your > > concentration and flow state, which is VERY BAD in a programming > > environment. Worse, even if they draw your attention to a > > problem, most of them are modal and prevent you from navigating > > around in the system to see what context the problem arises in > > before you make a decision. Again, this is horrible in a > > system that has any real complexity, like a programming > > environment. > > [UI design sidetrack] > > It'd be nice (IMHO) for a not-too-obtrusive little bubble to appear > (not overlapping any text) to the right of the define, pointing at it > with an arrow, saying "bar was defined [above](clickable link); > overriding that definition".
Such things should be taken as request to the devs of whatever is your favorite scheme implementation, assuming they even support graphical UI. > > ABS > > -- > Alaric Snell-Pym > Work: http://www.snell-systems.co.uk/ > Play: http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/ > Blog: http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/author/alaric/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > r6rs-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
