Chris,
I like the details you provide as well. In particular your remarks about TextMorph.
Mainstream user's feel immediately comfortable when they see a menu bar.
It is only after some time they will discover that they do not need it.
So we should maintain both paradigms. And it seems that the pragma/method annotation solution comes in handy for this purpose.
The current solution with the search box is fine for me.
--Hannes
On 4/29/10, Chris Muller ma.chris.m@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know for other Squeakers but I always have at least one workspace to evaluate expressions. So far I have used the search bar... to search! :)
Forgot to mention; I have not once used the search bar to "search." e.g., I never press Return/Enter on it; only ever Command+b, m, n, p, i, etc. Having all of these different "commands" available in one spot, combined with the fact that the search bar can be used for not just input, but also for output, means that the "functional density" of the UI is, currently, pretty good. A high functional-density means a richer system, we should try to maintain that.