On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Sean P. DeNigris wrote: > Wow, Nautilus is *really* fun to use! I have quite a few ideas for plugins...
Cool :) > A few suggestions... > * Hierarchical package list - also, since with Metacello the convention is > (e.g. P-Core, P-UI, P-Tests) with no overarching package, it should group > all packages matching P-*, even if they are technically separate packages We thought of that, but first, we had to make the tree widgets faster :) > * I miss the search bar from OB where I could just start typing as soon as I > opened the window. It seems that Nautilus doesn't set the keyboard focus > anywhere useful. This is strange, the focus should be at the nice place (like class if you browse a class, method if you browse a method and so on) I will check that. > Options: > - search bar I will keep that in mind ;) > - typing brings up the class search dialog > - give keyboard focus to the package list so I can use the shortcuts right > away. This may be the best one because I have access to 3 options: > - cmd-F to search packages > - cmd-f to search classes > - start typing to do a basic package search As I said, the focus should be there. > * creating new methods - when you click a protocol name, the > "messageSelectorAndArgumentNames" template is displayed in the code pane, > and is pre-selected. I found this very confusing as a newbie because the > selection made me think that I could start typing to replace the template, > but the keyboard focus is not on the template. It's also useless because > when you click on the code pane, it unselects, so you have to double-click > anyway. True ! I already notice that ^^ To be honest, I just copy/paste the behavior from the default browser, but I will change that soon ^^ > Two suggestions > - from the class pane, protocol pane, or both, have an "add method" menu > item that transfers focus to the preselected template > - when just clicking on a protocol, don't pre-select the template > * back/forward buttons for history navigation? They use to be there, I will reintroduce them :) > * a centralized place to put/list plugins so we can share them I have now idea how to do that except creating a dedicated repository :) > > Many thanks to Benjamin. This was sorely needed! > > Cheers, > Sean > Thanks to you for your feedback and your good ideas :) Ben > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Nautilus-first-impression-tp4578301p4578301.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
