On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Stephan Eggermont
<stephan@stack.nl> wrote:
Janko wrote:
>Tabbed browsing on VisualWorks is what I found a right compromise
>between many browsers and tabs. See attached screenshot of my current
>development desktop.
There is in my opinion still a lot of potential for improvement in this UI:
- the UI is extremely cluttered;
- the browsers take way too much space for the menu bar, the tool bar
�and the status bar, leaving only 6 lines of scrolling;
�
+1�
- an immediate improvement could be made by replacing the menu bar,
�tool bar and the status bar by something like a stay-on-top context-sensitive
�inspector;
�
+1: I have done precisely that..�
- the color/font scheme doesn't allow one to see where current focus is and
�makes it difficult to see which tab is selected;
+1�
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- why are class names bold?
- package/bundle column isn't wide enough: AIDA is a nice short name,
�but the different Cloudfork-ActiveItem subpackages would be unreadable;
- tabs are not used correctly: compare on the first line WebEventHandler
�class with Package on the next: the grey line should be removed;
- the 3D effect could be removed to get a much cleaner look and more
�space for content;
+1�
- a scrollbar could be used that allows one to see text below it;
- a find box could use a shadow label inside the box (or a looking glass);
- the toolbar items are context sensitive but don't grey out when not
�applicable;
- the toolbar icons are not distinctive enough
+1 : Need to get absolutely contextual icons.. for my prototype ASAP.. �
Stephan Eggermont