There’s an old joke about a tourist in Maine asking a local for directions and an old farmer says “You can’t get theya from hereya”.
Roger > On Sep 30, 2021, at 8:17 AM, Roger Guay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > This sounds absolutely wonderful, Alex, except I can’t find it as you > described. > > Roger > >> On Sep 30, 2021, at 7:27 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> >> On 30/09/2021 15:02, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote: >>> On 06/09/2021 15:14, Kevin Miller via use-livecode wrote: >>> >>>> Upgrading this could be a very useful project. There is a lot of content >>>> in there but it has the issues you list. >> >> So I had a look at what could be done just within the IDE for revonline. >> There's an old joke about a tourist in Ireland who realizes she(*) is lost, >> and ask for directions from an old farmer at the side of the road. "Well", >> says he, "if I wanted to go there, I wouldn't start from here." >> >> I found the revonline scripts rather complex, and I couldn't easily see how >> to solve the issues mentioned previously, in that context. And the bottom >> line is that it's not a complex problem that needs to be solved. The login / >> register / upload features all work just fine - the problems are with the >> searching / browsing / filtering, and are generally related to either (very) >> poor performance or unclear UI. >> >> In the end, I just couldn't produce worthwhile improvements, so instead I >> wrote a plugin that handles the searching / filtering / browsing / >> downloading parts, and which omits the login/upload parts entirely. >> >> It can be downloaded from "Sample Stacks" in the IDE toolbar (it's called >> "Sample Stacks" and is tagged as IDE and Plugin). Install as a plugin in the >> usual way. >> >> UI is very similar to the existing IDE version - simplified a bit. >> >> - search box automatically (and immediately) updates as you type, so the >> "Go" button was removed >> >> - everything happens in < 1 second, so the progress bar was removed. >> >> - the grid/list choice was removed (the old 'list' stye was hard to use or >> understand) >> >> - tags in the left-hand box are alphabetized >> >> - the grid is a single long scrolling group, rather than being paged and >> scrolled >> >> There is one issue I haven;t tracked down yet - sometimes the scrolling >> using mousepad doesn't work initially; scrolling with the scrollbar seems to >> be enough to "revive" it. >> >> Let me know if you try it and have any problems or suggestions. >> >> Thanks >> >> Alex. >> >> >> >> >> (*) "she" is not sexist - had it been a man he would never have admitted to >> being lost and so would never have asked the question :-) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
