Good suggestions and will be adopted as appropriate for the next beta. Note that ijs is a normal link that brings up a normal page and things like Ctrl and Ctrl+Shift have normal browser actions. Links like this should look like links.
Button are for actions on the current page or actions that are beyond just linking to another page. The folder and files are a bit funny. They perhaps should be buttons, but it looks terrible with all those buttons. Perhaps a label saying 'select a folder of file' or a css set special color would help the UI. All of this is easy to play with. On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Sherlock, Ric <[email protected]>wrote: > > From: Brian Schott > > > > The new beta seems to use `file` to replace `jfile` but there is > > another button in the file window that is also labeled `file`. Could > > this latter one be changed to `newfile`? > > I agree that the use of the labels `file` & `jfile` (e.g. in page title) > needs to be tidied up and standardized to `file`. I wonder if the current > link "ijs" which creates a new temporary script should be moved to the next > line, changed to a button and possibly merged with the "file" button (called > "script"). If the box after "New:" is empty then a new script could be > created in ~temp, otherwise a file with the name in the text box could be > created in the current folder. > > > I am a little uncomfortable with the file and directory information > > provided in the `file` window because the line beginning " .. addons" > > remains constant and appears between two varying lines. Also, there is > > no apparent way to navigate up a directory/folder; only down -- except > > to return up to the home directory (actually, home, may not be the > > best name for that directory, but I don't know a better one.) > > As Raul has noted, the ".." link will take you up a folder level. I think > that it would be better for this shortcut ("..") to be prepended to the list > of folders in the current folder, rather than grouped with the other > shortcuts. > > > I think I like the new names Open and Edit for the file buttons, but > > it will take some time for me to get used to Open instead of Load to > > "activate" a script and lab file. > > "open" in this context is not equivalent to "load". In the case of a script > file (.ijs) it just opens the file for editing (i.e. "open" and "edit" are > equivalent). The buttons are only different for files with special handling > (currently pdf, svg and ijt). > > Currently in jwd I often use the verb "open" to open a script for editing. > It would be nice to be able to type (open '~temp/myscript.ijs' ) in the > session (jijx) window and a have a the file open in an jijs tab. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
