[squeak-dev] Opt for Annotations Pane
Chris Muller
asqueaker at gmail.com
Mon Apr 26 16:55:33 UTC 2010
Oh, thank you! +1
Annotations are not just good for developres, they're good for
newbies, because, when a newbie browses the system for the first time,
a persons name or initials combined with the date brings "humanity"
and concreteness to what they're browsing insteaad of it being so...
"mysterious"..
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'd like to propose to turn the Annotations Pane
> _on_ by default. IMHO, this will give some advantages:
>
> • Awareness of:
> – Have _I_ already changed the method I'm watching?
> – How old is this method
> (can be useful if two methods provide similar behaviour)
> – Who can be contacted directly if something
> is unclear
> – What Category/Protocol is this method in
> (really useful if you're browsing “-- all --” methods)
> • A glimpse on the class comment when browsing
> classes (and the awareness of missing Class comments,
> a problem that annoyed me recently)
>
> Turning the AnnPane on is one of the first things I do when
> opening a new Image.
>
> So Long,
> -Tobias
>
>
>
>
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