Re: Accessing function definitions
Re: Accessing function definitions
- Subject: Re: Accessing function definitions
- From: Laurence Harris <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:06:51 -0400
On Oct 26, 2006, at 3:06 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote:
You may have missed the point of what I outlined... I am saying that
while in the context of the symbol list (that navigable popup menu)
wouldn't it be nice to have a way to add additional filter dimension
that help you quickly – in context – narrow down that list to a more
management set that you can quickly grok. Instead of you having to
sift thru 100s of even thousands of items let computer do it for you.
Maybe my imagination is too limited, but I don't see how that would
work with a menu. How would you filter items in a menu? With a simple
menu I see a list, point at the desired item, click, and I'm at the
function. Anything that requires me to specify filtering is going to
require more steps and more input from me. The question is at what
point does that extra work become *less* work than just looking
through a menu and possibly scrolling through it. And at what point
does the alternative mechanism save me enough time/energy to offset
the disadvantage of using two different mechanisms to accomplish the
same task (I'm very big on having one simple way to do something if
at all possible). One thing I can tell you for sure is that the
aforementioned point is more than 20. ;-) Keep in mind that I can
easily see 80-100 menu items at one time on my display, if Xcode
would put that many on that menu it would cover most of my needs, and
I suspect most people's needs.
Let's face it. If you have hundreds of implementations of a single
function, there is no one-step, one-second solution to this problem.
But a one-step, one-second solution should be available to as many
people as can reasonably use it.
Larry _______________________________________________
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