Thanks for the suggestions, Johan. I will change the text and we will definitely look into making the shortcuts more apparent.
Cheers, Doru On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Johan Fabry <jfa...@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote: > > OK now I get it … thanks for clarifying! > I think my confusion stems from the use of ‘category' and then talking > about 'the collection object’, which made me think about collections and > source code and protocols and packages and I got lost. > > I think that the sentence of the blog would be clearer like this > (uppercase to show changes): > > To do this, GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a RESULTS > category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection OF RESULTS > OF that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the > category. > > So then, my suggestion for a legend at the bottom of the results list > would be: > Cmd+Shift+ArrowUp/ArrowDown = Next/Prev category, Cmd+RightArrow = Dive > into Result, Cmd+Shift+RightArrow = Dive into Category > > > On Dec 8, 2014, at 12:48, Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Ok. Let's take it step by step and see if we cannot find a better way of > explaining. > > > > Take a look at the first picture in the blog post. Entering GTSpo shows > results both for Classes and for Packages. These "Classes" and "Packages" > are what we call search categories, and they have associated a query > processor that can populate them with results (see the "Spotting your > objects" section from the bottom of the post). > > > > In our case, we get 39 classes (of which only 5 are shown) and 1 package > that match the query. If you want to look at all those 39 classes, you can > dive in the whole collection behind the category in a separate step. This > is achieved through Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight. Does it make more sense now? > > > > I did not consider the category to be confusing. Would you propose > another name? > > > > Cheers, > > Doru > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Johan Fabry <jfa...@dcc.uchile.cl> > wrote: > > Sorry, but no :-( > > > > I am always confused when people say ‘category’ because the word has so > many overloaded meanings. The same happens in the blog post, it is not > clear to me what category means here, and what does it have to do with the > collection object? > > > > > On Dec 7, 2014, at 11:16, Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the > shortkeys directly on the actions. > > > > > > The answer to your question is in the blog post: > > > GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing > Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the > items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside > the category. > > > > > > So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see > more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Doru > > > > > > > > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- > > > > Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry > > PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile > > > > > > > > > > -- > > www.tudorgirba.com > > > > "Every thing has its own flow" > > > > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- > > Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry > PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"
