On 1 Nov 2014, at 6:50 am, Charles Jenkins <cejw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> as for the table view, isn’t it notoriously difficult for noobs to learn and 
> work with?


Just to pick up on this point, I think the answer, unenlighteningly, is "it 
depends". When I was a Cocoa noob, I found NSTableView to be straightforward to 
use for straightforward needs (e.g. simple lists). Coming from the classic Mac 
OS and the dreadful List Manager, it was a breath of fresh air. As time has 
passed, NSTableView has become very complicated. But I think it has remained 
true to its original purpose - easy enough for simple needs. You can ignore all 
the added stuff if you want.

I would have preferred NSTableView to have devolved into multiple classes, 
maybe NSViewTableView, but because it is subclassed for NSOutlineView, I can 
see that would lead to further complications keeping the two classes in step 
feature-wise.

--Graham




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