greetings all,
Some hopefully constructive feedback as from a newbie perusing
Monticello Browser in Pharo 1.3.
On the left-side there are a of packages listed and I don't know what
any of them do. On the right-side is list a few repositories with a lot
of white space beneath. What do you think of splitting the right-side
horizontally to include a description of the package?
This could include:
1. a textual description
2. a link to a web page for the package, which could be an authors home
page or a wiki page
3. display of the linked web page within the Monticello Browser
This is just something I would find useful as I explored the system.
Actually, it just occurred to me that the listed packages are delivered
as an integral part of Pharo 1.3 system. I see that some of them are
marked with a star and I wonder what that means. I did read the PBE
Monticello chapter a while ago but its been awhile since I used Pharo
and it didn't stick. It is a pain searching for the description in PBE
again - and a scan of this escription seems more about using Monticello
as a developer than a newbie exploring the system. I want to get
familiar with the system by exploring it and my feeling of confidence
depends on easily understanding the questions that arise as I am
flipping through thing.
Any thoughts for having a help button on the Monticello Browser with
"user" oriented information?
cheers,
BenComan
