On May 4, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Hernán Morales Durand wrote:

> Stéphane,
>  BobsBrowser is an alternative browser, so isn't going to replace
> ever the traditional browser tools, but there are a couple of cool
> things about it:
>
> -You can use it to quickly survey class hierarchies
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/1999-April/001103.html

how is different from the package browser inheritance list?

>
> -IIRC the Whisker browser used his hierarchical list, but in Whiskler
> they are attached to a window while in BobsBrowser the lists are
> detached (although you do not have the multiple views in one window
> feature)
> -As an alternative way to navigate the entire system, and I
> particularly value the Driller (click in the "special items" (*) to
> open it).

What is a driller
>
> -If you are not super fan of classifications, you may find it more  
> comfortable.

How different from smart group in the browser of david?

I would love to be able to script a browser (soon I hope that I will  
be able to do that with glamour).
I would love to have a bit the whisker behavior to see multiple  
methods at once.

Stef
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hernán
>
> 2009/5/4 Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse at inria.fr>:
>> When I see all the self flag: #bob
>> it encourages me to go as far as I can from bob' code
>>
>> So what is that cool with this browser?
>>
>> Stef
>>
>> On May 4, 2009, at 1:38 AM, Hernán Morales Durand wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>  As result of a strange exercise in software resurrection, you have
>>> the chance of using the BobsBrowser [1] again , which is an
>>> exploration of different ways of browsing code. To install please
>>> evaluate:
>>>
>>> Installer ss
>>>  project: 'BobsBrowser';
>>>  install: 'BobsBrowser'.
>>>
>>> You can start a new browser using the World menu or by evaluating:
>>>
>>> BobsBrowser browseAllClasses
>>>
>>> The creator of this goodie was Bob Arning, enjoy it.
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Hernán
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.squeaksource.com/BobsBrowser.html
>>>
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