Re: [Yact-dev] Screenshots

[Daniel B. <ba...@we...>]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 08:18:01PM -0800, Marius Sundbakken wrote:
> I'm not likely to bother downloading a program that looks like shit
> (even though it may be technically good).

That's true, and since I've got no sense of aestetics myself, I'm glad
I've got you on the team. :)

> When it comes to the GUI design, how should we make the editors?

Good point, and the jury is still out on that one.  The problem with the
treeview thing that Rose (and Object Domain) uses is that it is hard to
get a good overview of just the diagrams in the model, as all types of
entities are intermixed.  On the other hand, putting the diagrams on
tabs at the top (as Object Domain does), creates problems when the tab
list becomes full.

*thinks for a moment*

Suggestion: Something like the MS Visual Studio tools, with several
treeviews on different tab pages, each with a different focus.  One
might show the normal UML view, one just shows diagrams, and another one
shows something else.  If implemented with visitors (even if I have no
idea HOW, right now), it ought to be rather easy.

/Basic