From: Phlip <phlip_cpp@...>
Date: 2004-08-20T06:25:56+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] FreeRIDE 0.7.0 Released!

Curt Hibbs wrote:

> Version 0.7.0 of FreeRIDE has been released and is available for download!
>
> For details and downloads, go to:
>
>     http://freeride.rubyforge.org/

Awesome job guys. I like everything about FR I have seen so far...

....except for the terrorist manifesto I wrote here:

    http://freeride.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?UsabilityIssues

 * command line argument. You can't write a
        filename on a command line and FR will open it.

 * Go <F5> doesn't save files. Open a file,
        change it, hit F5. The system runs the one on disk,
        not the one in memory. (Running should also flash a
        status bar, or something, for visual feedback a run is
        underway. Otherwise, if the run has the same results
        as the last one, the repaint is so subtle in the
        output window that you can't tell a new run occurred.)

 * crashes terminate FR. Write a file that
        requires 'test/unit'. Add a class that inherits
        Test::Unit::TestCase. Tap <F5>. You get a messagebox
        saying "undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass".
        Closing this messagebox terminates FR.

 * mouse wheel overrun. Open a long file. Flick
        the mouse wheel, expecting to go down about a page.
        The file starts scrolling, and doesn't stop until a
        mouse click. (Please don't tell me this is by design!)

 * Arrow down repaginates. Open a long file; go
        to the middle. Arrow <Up> smoothly scrolls. But arrow
        <Down>, when it goes off a page, repaginates the next
        page to the top. No smooth scrolling.

 * menu misses second monitors. I have two
        monitors. I put FR on the secondary one, not the
        primary one. When I drop a menu, or a tooltip, it
        appears on the primary monitor.

 * fault navigation. When I have a syntax error,
        the Output window displays it in red. However, I can't
        find a keystroke or mousestroke to navigate to this
        error, even though the file name and line number are
        right there.

 * unfocused dialog edit fields. Open a file. Tap
        <Ctrl+F>. The Find Text dialog arises. However, the
        "Search for" field is unfocused. I must mouse into it
        and click. Then Enter does not search - I must click
        again. This forces me to go keyboard, mouse, keyboard,
        mouse just to do one logical thing. (In general, see
        how long you can drive FR without grabbing the
        mouse...)

 * insta-search. <F3> correctly re-searches.
        However, <Ctrl+F3> doesn't search for the currently
        selected text. And <Ctrl+F> does not pick up the
        currently selected text.

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  Phlip
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