RE: RE: Tasklist plans

"Martin, Daniel A" <[email protected]> Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:19:38 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.modules.tasklist.devel
Message-ID <4ACBA1414DD9EE418CC250E4AAA9035A192C9B@STL-EXBE-I03.corp.erac.com>
> Stabilizing suggestions requires huge amount of work, that 
> cannot be delivered in 3.6 timeframe. This fuctionality is 

I can believe that.  Even though I use it today, I do find most of my
exceptions thrown are from tasklist.

> going to stay at Beta AU center. It should appear 
> side-by-side once reliable refactoring infrastructure is available.

Fair enough.  I want everything yesterday, but I can see why it needs to
remain beta for 3.6.

> > 2) Why does the "Current File" view include the "Filename" column?
> 
> Will be fixed.

Great.

> > 3) Nearly half of the tasklist frame shown on the 
> screenshots is grey 
> > matter (framing/controls/titles).  It would be using 6 
> lines of screen 
> > real estate just to see 3 tasks.  Perhaps the controls 
> could be moved 
> > back to the left side as they are in the current version, 
> or combine 
> > them with the title bar?  Anything to cut down the grey matter.
> 
> I share your concerns. I'm not able to persuate UI designer 
> (guarding UI consistency over whole IDE). You can raise the 
> issue at the UI mailing list or fill bug against the specification.

Okay.  I guess I should get on the UI mailing list if I'm going to
comment on the UI.

-Dan