Feb. 29, 2012
6:02 p.m.
Hi Chris,
His comment on modality really emphasizes this point, and something I think folks even in this community could stand to listen: when I observe folks in their demo videos using Squeak or Pharo, almost every time I see folks browsing in a modal way. They have a big Package-Pane browser open and they're looking at one package, one class and one method at a time... They have to do about 4-5 clicks to "navigate" to a sent method, and 4-5 clicks to get back. This is way too slow for ideas to emerge.
I'd love to learn how to be more effective in the Pharo image. Be great if you could share with us more effective ways to navigate around the code .... even in a video :-) Nick