[squeak-dev] Fwd: [Pharo-project] usability of Pharo and Squeak

Ramon Leon ramon.leon at allresnet.com
Wed Jun 1 17:56:09 UTC 2011


On 06/01/2011 10:15 AM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> Could you please sketch a small image with what you want? Where you
> want to put tabs?

Not really necessary, just look at Google Chrome for example.  Each tab 
is literally a separate process, it's really just multiple browser 
windows grouped visually.  When you cycle the window list via alt + tab, 
Chrome only shows up once so you can quickly find the app window you're 
looking for.  Easy to alt + tab from Chrome to Email and back again. 
Once in Chrome, easy to cycle through all the open tabs via ctrl + tab 
in the context of that window or go directly to the tab you want via 
ctrl + number.

No reason multiple Smalltalk browsers couldn't be grouped the same way. 
  Then you could have 10 browsers open without feeling cluttered, easily 
flip over to monticello to save a package, or a workspace to try 
something out, then back to the browsers without ever resorting to 
delete unchanged windows out of frustration.  Frustration is a common 
occurrence with the Squeak family UI.

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Ramon Leon
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