Re: There's no option to have Xcode reload the last workspace on startup?
Re: There's no option to have Xcode reload the last workspace on startup?
- Subject: Re: There's no option to have Xcode reload the last workspace on startup?
- From: Christiaan Hofman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:53:08 +0200
On Apr 18, 2011, at 1:21, G S wrote:
> >Because the "Windows" menu usually contains a list of useful windows. For example, have a look at the "Windows" menu in Mail or in "Safari".
>
> It's supposed to contain a list of OPEN windows.
Uhm, no. The fact that it contains a list of open windows does not mean that it contains ONLY a list of open windows.
Have you read the HIG and looked at other apps?
> The user does not know in advance how a UI element has been implemented, nor should he be expected to. That's why view options belong under the View menu.
>
So as view options belong under the View menu, where do you think an action to get a particular WINDOW belongs?
> For example, if I'm using an audio application and want to show some meters, am I supposed to guess whether those meters have been implemented as a separate window or an integrated pane? That's why options like that go under View.
>
Very, very bad example, as it's wrong. Usually those won't be in View, usually those are tools that go into some kind of Tools menu. They're usually in utility windows or something. The Windows menu contains normal windows, usually no utility windows.
We're talking here about the "welcome window". And you already know that the "welcome window" is a window. If you don't know that, you haven't been taking attention in your first class in Xcode (i.e. when you started it up first). And also, a "welcome window" is never supposed to be a utility window. It could be either in the Windows menu or in the Help menu, both make sense, other menus won't make sense.
Christiaan
> When a window is open, the user can clearly see that it's a window and could be expected to use the Window menu to manage it along with any others that might be open. This is most appropriately used for multiple open documents, and little else.
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