[haiku-development] Re: University Dissertation - Tracker replacement/improvements
- From: Julian Harnath <julian.harnath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:17:19 +0100
Hello and welcome!
Joshua Rice <rice43@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:
> Obviously nothing is set in stone ATM, I just wanted to see what
> Haiku devs thought of this idea. Criticisms and comments are welcome.
First of all, I wonder whether a full-on rewrite of Tracker is
necessary. I heard some comments here and there that it would be
necessary at some point given its current code base, but those were
just little comments on the side and I have never dived into its source
code myself to see. Maybe someone experienced with working on it could
mention whether a full on rewrite is necessary in their opinion (as
opposed to an evolutionary development with the current code)?
Tracker is certainly a touchy subject UI-wise, since it is so very
central to the way Haiku behaves and feels to use. I'm sure everyone
has their own ways of using it. May I ask what your background on using
Haiku is, i.e. how long have you been into it? If you're new that is
not a problem, I'm just asking because if you are new, it might be
useful if we collect here how people are using Tracker and what is
important to them. If you are, on the other hand, an experienced BeOS
veteran, you already know all the tricks and then it would not be
necessary to collect stories :)
As for things like sidebars... I personally don't see it as necessary
since the functionality commonly found in sidebars is for me covered
well with the desktop itself. One of the things I love about Tracker is
how lean and at the same time featureful its interface is, it doesn't
take up more space than necessary. Having so little space-overhead also
makes it great for use with stack and tile. In the end though, I
wouldn't mind the option of a sidebar, as long as it can be turned off
again.
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So long,
jua
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