Re: [ANN] AppKiDo 0.902
Re: [ANN] AppKiDo 0.902
- Subject: Re: [ANN] AppKiDo 0.902
- From: Andy Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:08:23 -0400
On Apr 9, 2004, at 3:12 AM, Andreas Mayer wrote:
Why is it metal? Ugly!
But how do you really feel? :)
I knew there are people who hate the metal look, but I had to feel the
hailstorm for myself to see how strong the feeling really is.
Personally, I think it looks much better, and it helps the Search panel
stand out.
I don't like promising features, and I am very stingy about adding
prefs, but in this case -- I promise the next release will have a pref
to turn off metal.
And I don't like the Foundation/AppKit popup. This needs two clicks or
a drag instead of a single click for a radio button.
I know what you mean. I actually try to avoid dragging in my UI.
(This is why the old Prefs panel used tables instead of popups for font
selection.) I don't even like double-clicking!
In this case, there was a space tradeoff. The quicklist table should
be tall to minimize scrolling (i.e., to avoid dragging). I didn't want
to give up the space that would be occupied by potentially six radio
buttons for Foundation, AppKit, WebKit, ScreenSaver, PreferencePanes,
and AddressBook. Most of my quicklist needs are met by the other
options, so for me it works as a tradeoff.
Size and dimensions are also why I moved Search into its own panel. It
saves space in the quicklist drawer. It lets you view wide search
results (like long method names) without widening the drawer, so the
drawer can stay narrow. The search results table is also a dynamic
list of potentially thousands of items, so it helps to be able to make
it as tall as you like; when I am forced to scroll, I like to make it
as comfortable as possible.
Everything else is great, though. :)
Thanks! :) I'm happy to discuss further, either on- on off-list, as
appropriate.
--Andy
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