> From: Norton, Chris [mailto:chrisn at Kronos.com]
> Alan Kay wrote:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "I think that class comments should come up automatically 
> (perhaps in a
> separate pane) when the class level is reached in the 
> browser. I don't think
> it helps very much to have it entangled with the instance/class view
> distinction. I generally want to keep on reading them 
> (especially if class
> comments were more like real documentation) while perusing 
> the methods,
> etc."
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Good point Alan.  I agree with this idea (although I believe 
> there are real
> estate issues to contend with).
> 
> I have often thought about a browser with configurable panes 
> (you could
> show/hide them in order to maximize real estate in the edit 
> pane).

[...]

Disclaimer: I'm a MVC user; Morphic still isn't responsive enough for me.
Apologies in advance if the functionality I want has already been
implemented in Morphic.

I'd love to have tear-off and tear-apart panes.  Then I could display the
class comment and, if I wanted to save it, I could tear off the pane with
the comment and stick it somewhere else.  This isn't the same as a spawn, by
the way; a spawn creates a new browser, whereas I'd want just this pane,
with minimal decoration, remaining associated with the current browser.

Tear-apart would work similarly.  I want to 'tear along the dotted line'
between panes and place the panes anywhere on the screen, then collapse and
expand them independently.

Oh yes, and I'd like a certain large orbital rock on a stick, too :-).

		- Peter