[MonoDevelop] class wizard

Chris Howie cdhowie at gmail.com
Tue Feb 5 20:21:02 EST 2008


On Feb 5, 2008 8:16 PM, Christian Hergert <christian.hergert at gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris has a good point. I can't even count how many times the wizards
> in anjuta have bit me like this.
>
> Perhaps showing Tabs for the sections and the navigation buttons move
> you through the tabs?

That's better but it still sucks.  Tabs and wizards are horrible
simply because they place unnecessary restrictions on your workflow.
You cannot view various combinations of widgets at once; you are
required to view only one set at a time.

In some cases this makes sense, particularly when dealing with users
that have less-than-average knowledge of the topic at hand and don't
want to overload them with 15 entries at once..  In this case I cannot
come up with any justification for tabs or wizards.

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Chris Howie
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