Re: Re: Categorization and ordering of file systems in the IDE

Ana -
I'll be talking to a diverse set of J2EE developers soon and will be 
looking into how they work with various projects, dependent libraries, 
etc.  I think that the build system and projects will address the issue 
you mention to a good extent.

-Ann

Ana von Klopp wrote:

>Hi Jesse, 
>
>I am aware that there will be changes from the upcoming build systems
>introduction, but it is somewhat related so thanks for mentioning it. 
>
>I am actually specifically asking to have the types of file systems
>categorized by type in a folder and in order, because that is relevant
>when it comes to say using tag libraries in a web module and viewing
>what tag libraries are available (which is relevant when you configure
>a web module). 
>
>IMO, icons next to the file name are not really sufficient to
>distinguish between different types. 
>
>Ana
>
>
>Jesse Glick writes:
># Ana von Klopp wrote:
># > Actually, projects are largely orthogonal to the main issue I am 
># > worried about, which is the ordering in the explorer. As far as I 
># > know, the projects discussion did not address the order that created 
># > projects are listed in the explorer.
># 
># Well, for 4.0 you'll see a list of web app projects. Perhaps in 
># alphabetical order. I guess if you had some tag lib projects and some 
># web app projects and some other kinds of projects, they could be 
># intermingled, but so what? Use a different icon for each type. You won't 
># have individual mounts for the src subdir, each lib JAR, etc., nor 
># (visible) VCS mounts, so the real clutter should be gone - the 
># Filesystems tab as such should die (or at least not be the focus of the 
># IDE).
># 
># If you agree it's too late for 3.6, then it's probably also a bit too 
># early for 4.0, but certainly this kind of usability issue will be high 
># on our radar.
># 
># -J.
># 
># -- 
># Jesse Glick <mailto:[email protected]> x22801
># NetBeans, Open APIs  <http://www.netbeans.org/>
># 
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