Monticello Browser Feedback - additional window pane for description

> greetings all,
>
> Some hopefully constructive feedback as from a newbie perusing Monticello Browser in Pharo 1.3.
> On the left-side there are a of packages listed and I don't know what any of them do.  On the right-side is list a few repositories with a lot of white space beneath.  What do you think of splitting the right-side horizontally to include a description of the package?
> This could include:
> 1. a textual description
> 2. a link to a web page for the package, which could be an authors home page or a wiki page
> 3. display of the linked web page within the Monticello Browser
>
> This is just something I would find useful as I explored the system.  Actually, it just occurred to me that the listed packages are delivered as an integral part of Pharo 1.3 system.  I see that some of them are marked with a star and I wonder what that means.  I did read the PBE Monticello chapter a while ago but its been awhile since I used Pharo and it didn't stick.  It is a pain searching for the description in PBE again - and a scan of this escription seems more about using Monticello as a developer than a newbie exploring the system.  I want to get familiar with the system by exploring it and my feeling of confidence depends on easily understanding the questions that arise as I am flipping through thing.
>
> Any thoughts for having a help button on the Monticello Browser with "user" oriented information?
>
> cheers,
> BenComan
>

> Cheers,
> Alexandre
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> Le 10 nov. 2011 à 07:36, Ben Coman <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>
>> greetings all,
>>
>> Some hopefully constructive feedback as from a newbie perusing Monticello Browser in Pharo 1.3.
>> On the left-side there are a of packages listed and I don't know what any of them do.  On the right-side is list a few repositories with a lot of white space beneath.  What do you think of splitting the right-side horizontally to include a description of the package?
>> This could include:
>> 1. a textual description
>> 2. a link to a web page for the package, which could be an authors home page or a wiki page
>> 3. display of the linked web page within the Monticello Browser
>>
>> This is just something I would find useful as I explored the system.  Actually, it just occurred to me that the listed packages are delivered as an integral part of Pharo 1.3 system.  I see that some of them are marked with a star and I wonder what that means.  I did read the PBE Monticello chapter a while ago but its been awhile since I used Pharo and it didn't stick.  It is a pain searching for the description in PBE again - and a scan of this escription seems more about using Monticello as a developer than a newbie exploring the system.  I want to get familiar with the system by exploring it and my feeling of confidence depends on easily understanding the questions that arise as I am flipping through thing.
>>
>> Any thoughts for having a help button on the Monticello Browser with "user" oriented information?
>>
>> cheers,
>> BenComan
>>
>
>

> On 10 November 2011 16:50, Alexandre Bergel <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi Ben!
>>
>> I agree with you! We are currently working on a manifesto browser that will include this information per package, and much more (e.g,. List of authors, associated lint rules)
>>
>> You can have a look at it if you wish. It is ManifestoBrowser from the ss3.gemstone.com forge
>>
>
> My main question is where such information will be stored in monticello package.
> Because right now, we don't have any formal defined rules for keeping
> such information.
> And of course it is useful, especially to people who only getting started.
>
>> Cheers,
>> Alexandre
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 10 nov. 2011 à 07:36, Ben Coman <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>>
>>> greetings all,
>>>
>>> Some hopefully constructive feedback as from a newbie perusing Monticello Browser in Pharo 1.3.
>>> On the left-side there are a of packages listed and I don't know what any of them do.  On the right-side is list a few repositories with a lot of white space beneath.  What do you think of splitting the right-side horizontally to include a description of the package?
>>> This could include:
>>> 1. a textual description
>>> 2. a link to a web page for the package, which could be an authors home page or a wiki page
>>> 3. display of the linked web page within the Monticello Browser
>>>
>>> This is just something I would find useful as I explored the system.  Actually, it just occurred to me that the listed packages are delivered as an integral part of Pharo 1.3 system.  I see that some of them are marked with a star and I wonder what that means.  I did read the PBE Monticello chapter a while ago but its been awhile since I used Pharo and it didn't stick.  It is a pain searching for the description in PBE again - and a scan of this escription seems more about using Monticello as a developer than a newbie exploring the system.  I want to get familiar with the system by exploring it and my feeling of confidence depends on easily understanding the questions that arise as I am flipping through thing.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts for having a help button on the Monticello Browser with "user" oriented information?
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> BenComan
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko.
>

> The manifesto of the Mondrian-Core package is called ManifestoMondrianCore, and is a subclass of Object.
> Maybe on some point we could have a class Manifesto in Pharo, but this is another story.
>
> Alexandre
>
>
> On 10 Nov 2011, at 08:35, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>
>> On 10 November 2011 16:50, Alexandre Bergel <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Hi Ben!
>>>
>>> I agree with you! We are currently working on a manifesto browser that will include this information per package, and much more (e.g,. List of authors, associated lint rules)
>>>
>>> You can have a look at it if you wish. It is ManifestoBrowser from the ss3.gemstone.com forge
>>>
>>
>> My main question is where such information will be stored in monticello package.
>> Because right now, we don't have any formal defined rules for keeping
>> such information.
>> And of course it is useful, especially to people who only getting started.
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Alexandre
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 10 nov. 2011 à 07:36, Ben Coman <[hidden email]> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> greetings all,
>>>>
>>>> Some hopefully constructive feedback as from a newbie perusing Monticello Browser in Pharo 1.3.
>>>> On the left-side there are a of packages listed and I don't know what any of them do.  On the right-side is list a few repositories with a lot of white space beneath.  What do you think of splitting the right-side horizontally to include a description of the package?
>>>> This could include:
>>>> 1. a textual description
>>>> 2. a link to a web page for the package, which could be an authors home page or a wiki page
>>>> 3. display of the linked web page within the Monticello Browser
>>>>
>>>> This is just something I would find useful as I explored the system.  Actually, it just occurred to me that the listed packages are delivered as an integral part of Pharo 1.3 system.  I see that some of them are marked with a star and I wonder what that means.  I did read the PBE Monticello chapter a while ago but its been awhile since I used Pharo and it didn't stick.  It is a pain searching for the description in PBE again - and a scan of this escription seems more about using Monticello as a developer than a newbie exploring the system.  I want to get familiar with the system by exploring it and my feeling of confidence depends on easily understanding the questions that arise as I am flipping through thing.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts for having a help button on the Monticello Browser with "user" oriented information?
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> BenComan
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko.
>>
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