From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-08-20T22:12:10+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] FreeRIDE 0.7.0 Released!

I just created bug reports for each of these usability issues.

Curt


Phlip wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> -- 
>   Phlip
>   http://industrialxp.org/community/bin/view/Main/TestFirstUserInterfaces
> 
> 
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