Yes, Nautilus is ubernice. Especially given the forthcoming search bar :-p

The help panel cutting the bottom pane in two is all right but then, could
we have it with a smaller font? I drives me nuts to have to scroll down
there.

Phil

2012/4/22 Sean P. DeNigris <[email protected]>

> Wow, Nautilus is *really* fun to use! I have quite a few ideas for
> plugins...
>
> 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
> * 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. Options:
>  - search bar
>  - 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
> * 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. 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?
> * a centralized place to put/list plugins so we can share them
>
> Many thanks to Benjamin. This was sorely needed!
>
> Cheers,
> Sean
>
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