I wondered if that was the case. Have put it in as an enhancement request.
I do think you guys are getting quite close on the usability side - the way
the Idea space and code completion hang together - Smalltalk is definitely
looking less embarrasing on the IDE usability front. I am finally able to
point my Java and .net colleagues to your "Whats new flash demo" and not
wince. Actually a few people have commented that they quite fancy learning
ST - so that BitWise offer comes at a good time.
Thanks,
Tim
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>>I wonder if its me - but when I change a method and then just click on new
>>method, why does it not prompt to let me simply save my changes and then
>>select the method I clicked on?
>>
>> The "do you wish to retain them" seems like a non-obvious question - as
>> yes take me back to the code where I have to press Ctrl-S and then click
>> on my method again. Which seems very long winded.
>>
>> I wonder if its a bit of implementation history (it wasn't easy to save
>> and continue?). Or maybe a "Save changes" Yes/No/Cancel messagebox would
>> be better?
>
> Yup, could be better. Its historical. When we originally implemented it,
> we couldn't get the "save now" option to work reliably with reasonable
> effort - the issue being that it may cause knock on changes in other
> browsers that might require further prompts. This causes problematic
> interactions with some of the Windows controls in terms of selection
> management that we hadn't quite sorted out at the time. Its probable that
> there would be no issue today (or that it would be manageable), but I'm
> afraid its not been a high priority item to change because we've got use
> to it as it is. Yes I know that familiarity is not a good reason to
> address a usability issue...
>
> Regards
>
> Blair
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