Fwd: Re: [UI] We haven't discussed Host windows yet

[Bill Schwab]

Gang,

I thought I had put this on the list, but apparently not.   See below.

Bill


Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Department of Anesthesiology
PO Box 100254
Gainesville, FL 32610-0254

Email: bschwab at anest.ufl.edu
Tel: (352) 846-1285
FAX: (352) 392-7029


>>> Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at yahoo.com> 9/7/2007 12:37 PM >>>
Thanks Bill.
perhaps you should reply to the UI mailing list with your concerns.

On Fri September 7 2007, you wrote:
> Brad,
>
> Gary is making excellent progress, so to give a fair answer, I will
need
> to do some real work in Squeak with the changes in effect.  However,
a
> few off the top of my head:
>
> (1) appears to be fixed with Gary's new cursor movement, but the
method
> finder has been a terrible pain to use - try it with a very jittery
> optical mouse for the full effect.  Likewise, though not as bad, in
the
> preferences browser.
>
> (2) it does not really bother me, but prompters should be modal to
at
> least the system window to which they apply.  I am thinking ahead to
> users here.
>
> (3) the browsers and compiler, at least in the past, have been a
real
> pain.  Sometimes I want to compile code that I know is not right,
and
> various prompts to get there are not appreciated.  If that has been
made
> optional, great.  There is some auto-indent behavior that I find
> distracting, though at my current level of usage, I have not yet
> searched for options to turn it off - they might already be
available.
>
> (4) inspectors: I am typically willing to discard changes therein,
but
> not workspaces.  When I last looked, the prompt to save option was
> global enough to thwart allowing inspectors to close on demand but
> workspaces to warn.
>
> Again, Gary has put a big dent in the glitch list.  To not lose the
> point, the comments below were to put perspective on the
native/emulated
> debate.  Gotta run.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
>
> Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
> University of Florida
> Department of Anesthesiology
> PO Box 100254
> Gainesville, FL 32610-0254
>
> Email: bschwab at anest.ufl.edu 
> Tel: (352) 846-1285
> FAX: (352) 392-7029
>
> >>> Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at yahoo.com> 09/06/07 5:33 PM >>>
>
> On Thu September 6 2007, Bill Schwab wrote:
> > I submit that native==fast is a myth.  The fact that I can pound
on
> > Dolphin and tread lightly in Squeak is due to feel, and Dolphin
indeed
> > gets that from the host.  However, when the going gets tough
(large
> > grids), I emulate for speed.
>
> Why don't we knock off a few of your "feel" concerns? Can you give
some
> specific concrete issues on where you need to tread lightly?
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