Stefan-Iulian Alecu via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> schrieb am Mi., 16. Okt. 2024, 23:38:
> > Lazarus does not look complicated. It has it own distinctive look & feel. > > User > > should be able to completely detach windows from from main so it would be > > possible to move them to different monitor, virtual desktop & freely move > > on monitor. > You might've not realized that, but this is *foreign* and totally > different from how most IDEs out there function. If you're familiar with > Delphi 7 and lower, great, this feels natural, but the problem is that > other IDEs aren't like Delphi 7. Lazarus is still stuck in that era, and > that's /fine/ (at least, as far as the old Pascal devs are concerned), > but I see most people around me (beginners and otherwise) immediately > dock the IDE or ask me how to do it. Not to mention that it immediately > fails to function for tiling window managers. And "distinctive look and > feel" doesn't mean said look and feel is intuitive. I believe it would > be better if Lazarus was docked by default and give the option to easily > undock it, because far more beginners or curious people would want to > dock it, it's a better default. If you don't believe me, please look at > as many IDEs as you can and tell me *one* that's undocked like Lazarus > is. It genuinely is something unusual and jarring to newcomers. Maybe > there's a reason most other IDEs are docked, and even if you disagree > with that particular decision, it would be hard to deny the reality that > it's how people expect IDEs today to be structured. Even *RAD Studio* > gave up on the idea. Happy birthday 2002! > I think there are still some issues simply switching between the docked and undocked layout. If that would be solved (patches welcome 😉) then it would be a much easier decision to have the IDE be docked to default, cause those users that prefer undocked (and those *do* exist and we don't want *those* to leave just because we did this wrong) can then easily switch it to undocked. Regards, Sven >
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