Hi Hilaire, Sorry for the delayed response. Please see my reply below.
On May 5, 2016, at 9:32 AM, Hilaire <hilaire@drgeo.eu> wrote:
AMHO, there are some needed feedbacks on some tools. There are the most visible I can see, where newbies will be contemplating without understanding.
I try to propose a tip, please *correct* it when wrong or incomplete.
NAUTILUS - 'Scoped'-> not sure what is the extent of the Scoped, but a proposed tip: 'Browse in the context of the selected package/class: all nautilus tools -- including refactoring -- will proceed only within the selected package/class.' - 'Format as you read' -> based on Peter suggestion: 'Autoformat code without editing. Useful when reading some old/unformatted code.' - 'NW/W' -> I don't know - '+L' -> 'Toggle line number for code"
SETTINGS BROWSERS - There are about 100 Spotter entries without unhelpful descriptions as: 'Trait>>#spotterReferenceFor: spotterReferenceFor: aStep <spotterOrder: 30> aStep listProcessor title: 'References'; allCandidates: [ (SystemNavigation default allReferencesTo: self binding) collect: #compiledMethod ]; itemName: [ :method | method gtDisplayString ]; filter: GTFilterSubstring'
is it a bug or on purpose? However definitely not newbie friendly.
Thanks for the input. These settings are indeed on purpose. Would you mind exchanging some more messages about this with me a bit to see what information would make it easier for a newcomer to comprehend? To get the conversation started, I put together a description of what they mean here: http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/discovering-and-managing-spotter-exten... What do you think? Does this clarify the problem for you? If yes, what information would be useful to have in the image to better communicate the intent? Cheers, Doru
If these settings are not relevant, may be hiding it.
- GRAPHIC THEME It lacks contrast, (and no there is objective measure, otherwise what is design for) but I guess nothing much can be done. Tooltips lost again the blue contrasting background for a grey unconstrasting one. In the past I already fixed the Water theme from random refactoring, it is sad to see few care on the UI: this is the first thing newbies will notice even before reaching the deep beauty of Pharo, they will be gone because the first impression went wrong.
Hilaire
PS: Please, don't assume because I post this review I take responsibility on fixing it, I may or not. I really get this irritating feedback from my feedbacks, and I don't think pressure is helpful. We are doing our best according to our personnel life constraints. If not ok, I will shut up for ever.
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