Hi Ben! I agree with you! We are currently working on a manifesto browser that will include this information per package, and much more (e.g,. List of authors, associated lint rules) You can have a look at it if you wish. It is ManifestoBrowser from the ss3.gemstone.com forge Cheers, Alexandre Le 10 nov. 2011 à 07:36, Ben Coman <btc@openInWorld.com> a écrit :
greetings all,
Some hopefully constructive feedback as from a newbie perusing Monticello Browser in Pharo 1.3. On the left-side there are a of packages listed and I don't know what any of them do. On the right-side is list a few repositories with a lot of white space beneath. What do you think of splitting the right-side horizontally to include a description of the package? This could include: 1. a textual description 2. a link to a web page for the package, which could be an authors home page or a wiki page 3. display of the linked web page within the Monticello Browser
This is just something I would find useful as I explored the system. Actually, it just occurred to me that the listed packages are delivered as an integral part of Pharo 1.3 system. I see that some of them are marked with a star and I wonder what that means. I did read the PBE Monticello chapter a while ago but its been awhile since I used Pharo and it didn't stick. It is a pain searching for the description in PBE again - and a scan of this escription seems more about using Monticello as a developer than a newbie exploring the system. I want to get familiar with the system by exploring it and my feeling of confidence depends on easily understanding the questions that arise as I am flipping through thing.
Any thoughts for having a help button on the Monticello Browser with "user" oriented information?
cheers, BenComan