> On 11 Jan 2016, at 21:06, Lee Ann Rucker <lruc...@vmware.com> wrote: > > >> On Jan 11, 2016, at 7:35 AM, Jim Lee <j...@tropic4.com> wrote: >> >> We have an application, TopXNotes that allows multiple “documents” (notes) >> to be opened in adjacent views (panes). The notes can be edited >> individually. One can cut/paste/copy from any text document to/from a >> seperate text app, or from pane to pane. Just one example of something >> different that I hope fits into the parameters of this discussion. TopXNotes >> 2 (now in beta) adds “Open in Seperate Window” as an option that addresses >> that “best of both worlds" concept. >> >> Personally, I have never lilked the way Photoshop implements their extra >> panes because I have never been a fan of the inspector, but that is just me. >> On the other hand, I like the way Apple has implemented its multiple views >> approach in Xcode. Before apple did that there were just way too many >> windows jumping around and opening in seeming random oirder at random times. >> Now I get some CUI as things appear almost always where expected. > > I have the opposite impression of Xcode - before, if I had related source > files opened in particular windows, those windows kept showing those files no > matter what I did. Now, randomly, the windows will show what Xcode thinks is > related content, or the debugger, or some other file I happened to > double-click... I didn't mind having 50 windows open, the Windows menu > managed that nicely. > > Not to prompt another round of Xcode bashing, just to point out that no > system is going to make everyone happy, so go for the most flexible one if > you can.
XCode 3 catered for both the separate window approach and one giant clunker via a preference…… _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
