Re: xcode-users digest, Vol 1 #40 - 10 msgs
Re: xcode-users digest, Vol 1 #40 - 10 msgs
- Subject: Re: xcode-users digest, Vol 1 #40 - 10 msgs
- From: Brian Barnes <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 17:03:51 -0500
Mike wrote:
Perhaps if someone who's an Xcode power user would write a small
document on a workflow that works for you some of us PB-heads might get
a better perspective :D As with any new UI, users will attempt to use
it like the old UI, which is almost never the best thing to do. I
agree with the search field comment, but it took me forever to let go
of navigating by hierarchy.
Tools should conform to user needs, not the other way around. :)
PB itself got noticably better when people started adding ideas from system that were time-tested, like VC++ and CW. New != Better.
That said, I've already gotten used to using it. I'm just not as efficient.
"Smart groups" is a good idea for iTunes because what you are searching (music) has distinct metadata; like "band" or "style". Reams of C, C++, objC, headers, java, resources, nibs, don't. I've already arranged my code with groups, so it's easy to find. Navigating by flat lists + search criteria removes my ability to decided grouping that can't be deciphered from a pass through the text. For instance, I group some code by flow; no smart group could handle that. Object oriented languages already enforce a hierarchy (for instance, java packages and classes, same for C++ or objC), for good reason.
I'm not asking to pick one or the other, they both have their places, but that place should be decided by the needs of the user.
[>] Brian
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