looking forward

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Nov 27, 14:51

one of the things i will improve in the near future is the property system. Would you prefer a netscape-style (A) thingy or the .NET property editor thingy? (B)

netscape

like the settings editor

Cosmo · Post by **Cosmo** » 2009 Nov 27, 16:26

nikos wrote:one of the things i will improve in the near future is the property system. Would you prefer a netscape-style (A) thingy or the .NET property editor thingy? (B)

Do you mean variant B needs .NET Framework to be installed?
In this case never! I do not use any program that requires .NET, and I will never do this! In this case x2 will be dead here at once.

Nevertheless A seems more concise.

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Nov 27, 16:40

do you think i'd ever throw .NET at you? I'm only talking about ".NET style"

Cosmo · Post by **Cosmo** » 2009 Nov 27, 16:52

Okay, okay. Thank you for the clarification.

But the string ".NET" triggers a allergy on my site. Good to read, that all stays sane.

snemarch · Post by **snemarch** » 2009 Nov 27, 18:33

Either is good, I guess - one suggestion, regardless which version wins, would be adding a "filter box" like Eclipse settings has.

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2009 Nov 27, 19:32

Ewww, eclipse.

I'd prefer version A. Version B seems to be "en vogue" but I find it hard to find settings in that dialog style...

BTW, the current x² options dialog is enough for my needs.

snemarch · Post by **snemarch** » 2009 Nov 27, 19:35

Tuxman wrote:Ewww, eclipse.

So you're dismissing a useful feature just because it comes from an IDE you dislike? That's kinda... silly

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2009 Nov 27, 19:38

snemarch wrote:So you're dismissing a useful feature just because it comes from an IDE you dislike?

Yep. :P
(x² does not have so much checkbox bloat that a filter box would make much sense.)

snemarch · Post by **snemarch** » 2009 Nov 27, 19:47

Depends on your use-case... it can be a lot faster looking for settings by searching rather than clicking through categories. And if some of the currently "registry-only" settings are added to the GUI config, there would be more options to trawl through

(If Nikos doesn't mean config/settings/preferences by "properties", my apologies for being confused).

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2009 Nov 27, 19:51

snemarch wrote:And if some of the currently "registry-only" settings are added to the GUI config, there would be more options to trawl through

To be honest, I don't really know what settings are "registry-only" right now. :lol:
(Some of them are in the Advanced Settings Editor AFAIK. Or even all of them?)

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Nov 28, 06:51

can somebody show me how this eclipse property dialog looks like?
i have filtering in mind too, so from this respect a type-B property grid is the only solution (how can I hide/show elements from dialog templates like A?)

RickyF · Post by **RickyF** » 2009 Nov 28, 09:11

I prefer the visual appeal of the .NET version over the drab Netscape one.

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Nov 28, 09:59

or it could be a combination

RickyF · Post by **RickyF** » 2009 Nov 28, 10:06

Combo looks good!

Kilmatead · Post by **Kilmatead** » 2009 Nov 28, 10:57

RickyF wrote:Combo looks good!

I'll second that.

zabkat support forum

looking forward

how would you prefer xplorer2 properties?

looking forward

Re: looking forward

.NET-like box

I like the compromise

Re: I like the compromise