Funny I never received Dave's message in the list! Nonetheless he has one point. Another is that many dont want to try new tools - so many of them, so many of us!
I had hopes to make this a reference tool for all! I will try nonetheless and hope to make you all happier in your IDE! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wilhelm > Sanke > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 23:58 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: IDE inspectors should reveal all properties > > > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 Dave Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One reason for lack of feedback on Xavier's additions to the MC > > development environment may have been a perceived lack of need by > > many MC users. Not that we don't see shortcomings in the IDE, but I > > imagine each user has his/her own ideas for what would constitute an > > improvement. And as modifying the environment or making additions is > > relatively easy, many have probably made their own "improvements". In > > my own case, many of these changes are made ad hoc. Typically, I'll > > make a utility stack for each project I work on which lets me poke > > and pry to my heart's content. These utlities won't win prizes in the > > interface stakes, but they get the job done. It's this kind of > > flexibility that endeared me to Metacard. (And probably turned others > > off.) > > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 "MisterX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In brief, you get a hierarchical view of all your controls, with > > editors for > > content, scripts, all the props and a cool custom props browser. Any > > property > > has it's own menu with all the possible values (color, bool, etc...) > > story and screenshots on my site (compared to MC's old control browser) > > Note the story is one year old. Imagine if I had had more feedback where > > these features could take you today! > > > > Like Dave said, a few of us have developed their own sort of browsers > adapted to their specific needs, which we also have "advertized" here > and there - among them Geoff Canyon, Richard Gaskin, Klaus Major, > myself, and of course the ominous MisterX - so this may explain part of > the lack of feedback to MisterX. > > My own Rev and MC browsers, two years old and available for free, have > also elicited a limited number of responses - maybe somewhat less than > with MisterX's tools ( but I do not keep track how many people download > from my ftp site). > > My browsers include a very quick and elaborate script search feature, > which I use quite often if I analyze stacks or have to adapt stacks > that are somewhat complicated in their structure. > > The browsers have been mostly unchanged since two years. An addition > that will be available shortly is a special groups' card where even > "unplaced" backgrounds will be listed and can then be edited. There were > requests for such a feature on the runrev lists. > > Regards, > > Wilhelm Sanke > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
