Re: Finding Files Buried in Groups
Re: Finding Files Buried in Groups
- Subject: Re: Finding Files Buried in Groups
- From: j o a r <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 19:01:58 +0100
On 30 dec 2005, at 16.23, Nick Nallick wrote:
I agree but I think you misunderstand my position. I subscribe to
the idea that simple things should be done simply and complex
things should be possible. With a basic project you shouldn't be
put into a state where you're getting link errors because you
mistakenly drag the same file into the project twice.
Agreed, but Xcode is a pro-app, not an iApp [*], so the design goal
has to be flexibility rather than convenience - and with flexibility,
also complexity.
That said, I would like to see some sort of "iCode" development tool.
Something really simple, intended to be used only for building Cocoa
+ObjC based applications / bundles with minimum fuss and maximum
convenience. I don't know. Perhaps it's a bad idea. Perhaps
developers are inherently pro-users, and in no need of an entry level
tool.
On the other hand perhaps you're right. As a Macintosh user I want
intuitive user interface. In other words, I want my apps to do
what I expect without learning how they work. That's why Mac UI
design takes so much more work than other platforms. To be frank,
that's the expectation Apple set itself up for when it unveiled
Xcode by saying it was bringing Apple's world class UI know-how to
development tools. To me, that's the campaign promise that I want
to hold Xcode to now that's it's been elected the sole Mac IDE.
Sometimes unreasonable is good.
Keep filing bug reports and enhancement requests.
j o a r
[*] Btw. Why doesn't Xcode use the ProKit for UI?
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