On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 06:19:41PM -0500, Robby Findler wrote: > Yes, I can see that. That said, I think that good GUI design is > probably best conducted not in brainstorming sessions on a mailing > list, however.
No, but collecting ideas that might be useful in UI design can be done here. > > At the risk of repeating myself, I think it makes sense to see if we > can get good information first and then decide where to put it second. > I still think there are lots of places where it could do and be > unobtrusive, but it will be easier to find a good one if we know what > kind of information we have. > > Robby > > > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 5:44 PM, 'John Clements' via Racket Users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Oct 29, 2017, at 15:35, Robby Findler <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 5:31 PM, John Clements > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Oct 29, 2017, at 15:27, Robby Findler <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I think it is a bad idea to dump output into the interactions that > >>>> isn't being printed by the program. > >>> > >>> We currently print “Welcome to DrRacket” at the start of each > >>> interaction, so it’s not as if *all* of the output is generated by the > >>> program. > >> > >> True. A little status bar that showed up there wouldn't be > >> objectionable if it were clearly not output, for example. That seems > >> against the ease (which seem to be the spirit of the suggestion), tho. > >> > >>> How about a “turn-down” arrow printed right before or after this message > >>> that when opened will display this input? This turn-down arrow could have > >>> state, so that if you opened it last time, it would stay open in future > >>> runs. > >> > >> Well, the logging window is a lot like that, but you have to click a > >> menu item instead of turn-down something a triangle (which seems > >> better to me). > > > > Speaking only for myself, the logging window chews off a giant chunk of my > > user interface; leaving it open makes me feel like I’m editing in a tiny > > little window. Adding output to the top of the interactions window costs me > > nothing, since it scrolls to disappear. Maybe I’m missing something? > > > > John > > > >> > >> Robby > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Racket Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
