[ANN] OmniBrowser beta

Hernan Tylim htylim at yahoo.com.ar
Mon Dec 6 12:21:19 UTC 2004


Hi Colin,
    I only took a very quick glance to the new release but I wanted to 
tell you that so far I am liking it a lot. One very minor issue that I 
found, though. Is it possible to add to the window menu the options for 
registering/unregistering OBBrowser? I find them very useful because 
they are the only UI for changing the SystemBrowser registry settings. 
To see how Browser do this look at senders of 
#addRegistryMenuItemsTo:inAccountOf:

Regards,
Hernán

Colin Putney wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I've just posted the first beta-level version of OmniBrowser to 
> SqueakMap. This release is essentially feature complete, and I'll be 
> shifting my focus to improving stability and performance. (Of course, 
> if we discover that important functionality is still missing, I'll 
> work on that too. :-)
>
>
> The major changes since alpha 5:
>
> Command keys in the text pane now work, and use OB for senders, 
> implementors etc.
>
> The chasing browsers have been combined with the regular list browsers 
> for senders and implementors. Now when a senders browser comes up, it 
> just has a regular list of senders, and a "chase" button for cases 
> where we want to follow the sender chain.
>
> Color! All browsers are now the same color as their existing 
> equivalents, no more dull grey windows. The buttons are a bit 
> different though, so you can still tell them apart from the regular 
> browsers.
>
> The internal structure of the browsers have been refactored to reduce 
> the dependency on Morphic. This opens the door to future versions 
> supporting MVC, Tweak, wxSqueak etc.
>
> Lots of little cosmetic and usability fixes. Method headers are now 
> bold, the thick red line appears when a method that is being edited is 
> changed elsewhere, it's easier to distinguish between enabled and 
> disabled buttons, button labels are sharper, and more keystroke short 
> cuts are supported.
>
> OmniBrowser can now be configured as the default system browser.
>
> Colin
>
>
>




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