Agreed. As an example, I would like to see the browse-it command grouped with do/inspect/explore. It also is not quite as flexible as Dolphin's verion - it should first evaluate the selected expression or current line and the browse the instance class of the result.
I am a bit strange on fonts. For programming, I like them mono-spaced and a bit small. No guessing between letters and numbers, punctuation does not get kerned out of existence, etc. With those improvements, I can tolerate a slightly smaller font size than with kerned fonts. Regardless, options are good, especially when they are easy to change to one's personal preference. I would like to see better control over background colors. Editing a couple of methods makes me fairly happy with the results, but it should be preference based. I am happy to use code to set things, as that allows me to build a script to get what I want. Bill Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D. University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology PO Box 100254 Gainesville, FL 32610-0254 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (352) 846-1285 FAX: (352) 392-7029 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/20/08 5:22 AM >>> Hi, I'd like to get your opinion about how we could improve the GUI. I believe that even a few small changes will make a significant difference, especially for new people that come to Pharo. Just the cleaned up world menu is such a relief... Here a three suggestions: Better fonts ---------------- I think the current code font is not a good one and it is too small (for today's screen resolutions). I like for example the font used in TextMate, which is Monaco 12, a monotype font. The page http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ gives some samples for good code fonts. I've tried out the other fonts in the Pharo image like the BitstreamVeraSansMono but they are all very blurry. Just not good enough. I'm not a font expert, so I don't know what the options for a better font are. Better menus ------------------------------- Current problems: - bad organization menus only work when you have learned where something is located - duplicated entries e.g., Appearance is both in the top level world menu and in the submenu Help - useless entries e.g., set font, set style etc. in the context menu are useless since code is never styled - defective entries: e.g., "Make project link" in the context menu does not work Larger windows ------------------------------- The default size of windows is usually too small. Often, after opening a window I have to resize it. For example the hierarchy browser shows only the 5 first classes. Any other ideas what could be improved in the short term? I'm looking for stuff that we can do now without having to rewrite the whole system... Cheers, Adrian ___________________ http://www.adrian-lienhard.ch/ _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
