On 10/7/2015 3:58 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 10/7/2015 1:22 PM, Mark Waddingham wrote: >> Far more useful would be constructive criticism of both the Project >> Browser and the Application Browser. It does seem a little 'silly' to >> maintain two things which serve essentially the same purpose - so Ali's >> idea is perhaps the best way forward - what is it that is good and bad >> about both and is it possible to design something which everybody would >> be happy with? > > The issues would probably become clear if you open, say, 10 large > stacks, each with 50 cards or more, containing dozens of controls per > card. Since my primary project for the last 2 years uses that setup, I > haven't been able to use the Project Browser because it isn't practical. > > 1. The hierarchical organization of the App Browser (AB) is > indispensable and is the main reason I stay with it. I can see at a > glance how to drill down to the single object I am looking for and how > objects are organized on each card by group and layer order. It is by > far the fastest way to understand how a set of stacks is internally > structured. The long, scrolling list in the Project Browser (PB) can't > display the structure as clearly because it is all linear. Multiple > cards with many objects will run off the top and bottom of the PB > window and you can't see the overall organization.
This is getting at what Mark asked for - what features specifically do people use or don't use and why. I actually like the hierarchical model of the PB (in LC 7.0.6) over the AB for small projects, but I agree with Jacque that for large projects the scrolling list of objects on a card in AB is superior for navigation. Possibly if the PB provided Zoom In/Zoom Out so you could focus just on one card's objects and the scroll would be limited to that list until you Zoomed out. Some collapse All/Expand All and Collapse Selected/Expand Selected buttons or options would be helpful. I also miss the layer number column that the AB has in the PB, but generally I do prefer the hierarchical navigation of PB (except for cards with a LOT of objects not structured in groups) _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
