Re: File Proxy Icon?
Re: File Proxy Icon?
- Subject: Re: File Proxy Icon?
- From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:27:40 -0700
> On Oct 20, 2014, at 16:52 , Kyle Sluder <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> The Jump Bar icon is not an adequate replacement because:
>
> - It doesn't contain a proxy icon for the workspace
> - It removes the workspace from the top of the window, which is
> especially important if you have multiple workspaces open (merging a
> change down to a branch, for example)
> - If the last segment of the Jump Bar gets too long, the file segment
> truncates
> - Even if it doesn't truncate, it moves around, making answering the
> question "what file am I looking at?" require a visual hunt around the
> screen
> - It breaks the visual connection between the Window menu/Mission
> Control and the window itself
I agree with all of this.
> Here's hoping the Xcode team realizes that, since Xcode is a
> document-based app, it should behave like other document-based apps and
> keep its proxy icon.
If only Xcode were a document-based app, in that there were a strong binding between a window and its contents, rather than replacing the content of a window (or pane) with that of another file so readily.
--
Rick Mann
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