On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 18:49 +0100, Nicolas Roard wrote: > Le 23 avr. 05, à 18:38, Jesse Ross a écrit : > > >> http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg? > >> msg_id=00008c&topic_id=1&topic= > >> > >> on work organization / paper > >> > >> We need to think about what can we do to improve that in étoilé :-) > > > > I think the key to all this is that when people organize information, > > they don't do it my name or datatype. They organize by project. Why > > isn't the "Project" a first-class desktop component, much like folders > > and files are? > > I think that's indeed a good idea ! > > (snip) > > > Ideas? How can we build on this? Do we want to? > > Well, if you know squeak, there's something very neat regarding how it > handles projects; each project is contained into a window, when you > click one it zoom in to fill the entire screen. Quite cool. > Each project thus got the full screen and you can have any applications > running inside. We could perhaps try something like that ? >
This project-oriented approach is better version of the "document oriented environment" http://dromasoftware.com/etoile/mediawiki/index.php?title=Document One document = one project = collection of objects and tools (running applications). Stefan -- http://stefan.agentfarms.net First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi
