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clevercactus beta 2Lots of improvements, fixes and new features coming up for clevercactus beta2. Because an image is worth more than a thousand words (and because I won't be able to write a thousand words), here's a screenshot. In it, among other things: the new tabs (the tabs are back! :)), the new horizontal layout, and display of a necho feed (actually, Mark's prototype necho feed). And, before anyone starts on how the horizontal three-pane view is bad, here is a screenshot taken a few seconds later but with the "standard" view; the layouts can be switched on the fly (through the View menu). New things in different areas, too (and the screenshots contain a hint of another upcoming feature...). So, more updates soon! In the meantime, back to work. :) Posted by diego on July 9 2003 at 9:48 PM Comments (please see the comments & trackback policy).
Quick suggestions: have each tab numbered from left to right, and allow the key combo Control-1 to get the first window, Control-2 for the second, and so on? Posted by: Mathieu Longtin at July 9, 2003 10:34 PMThat's a good idea! Thanks Mathieu! Posted by: Diego at July 9, 2003 11:50 PMAlthough I voted against the horizontal layout in the previous post, I have to admit it looks good :) It gives Clevercactus a very interesting "reading device" look, with that long text body in the right. Also, welcome back to the tabs!!! They are really important for the usability of the program. Well done. Posted by: Ricardo M. Reyes at July 10, 2003 2:15 AMOne more thing I forgot in the other comment: One thing I had against the horizontal layout (and that I think you didn't comment on) was that it would be hard to show a threaded view of email, in a tree-view, because of lack of space in the middle pane. What do you think about that? And, are you planning to include that in CC? I find it very usefull to read Discussion Lists, specially those where the participants use MUAs that include the In-Reply-To and References headers (wich is not common, unfortunately) Posted by: Ricardo M. Reyes at July 10, 2003 2:20 AMHmm. It looks like somebody inventing a bycicle. Why not to use any of the exising open source frameworks to build an interface and focus on the functionality. With SWT/JFace you can get all of your layouts for free and user even can rearrange everything for his own taste. If you are prefer swing-based, then you can achieve almost the same results with netbeans framework. Posted by: eu at July 10, 2003 3:15 PMThe new three-pane view looks great to me. I like it better than the "standard" one. Posted by: Jorge at July 10, 2003 4:25 PMCopyright © Diego Doval 2002-2007.
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