Re: Property sheet display

I do remember. It was my recommendation to do it for the usability 
study. Properties in the property sheet didn't match with specification 
and in some cases also the specification wasn't completely precise in 
defining which properties should be shown for a particular node. To 
avoid the confusion of participants I suggested hiding the property sheet.

Another argument is that in the future we should start editing objects 
in the editor, not in this small space bellow the explorer. Then, we 
don't have to show the property sheet by default, what simplifies the 
initial user experience.

As we've seen in the usability study, neither of users used property 
sheet (after invocation from contextual menu) successfully.

Jano

cL wrote:

> i don't remember an active decision not to show the property sheet but 
> i could be mistaken -does anyone else remember something more concrete?
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> cL
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> Ann Sunhachawee wrote:
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>> I've noticed the default  behavior of the projects is to not show the 
>> property sheet in the window (and when one does View | Properties, 
>> the property sheet opens within the MDI desktop space using all the 
>> space (i.e. where src editor usually is). What's the thinking on 
>> this? Has there been an active decision to not show the property 
>> sheet? (And hopefully, the default won't be for the property sheet to 
>> show up fully expanded in the MDI desktop area)
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>> Wanted to find out so that I can figure out what most users will be 
>> presented with.
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>> Thanks,
>> Ann
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