Re: A new graphic user interface
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- Subject: [mg111660] Re: A new graphic user interface
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 05:14:24 -0400 (EDT)
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On 07/08/10 11:22, Mihail wrote: > On Aug 6, 2:56 pm, Murray Eisenberg<mur... at math.umass.edu> wrote: >> What iwould you want in the Mathematica front end that could be more >> user-friendly? In what ways do you find it currently unfriendly? >> >> What has been added to the front end over several versions is absolutely >> awesome. >> >> But perhaps you're thinking of such things as automatic backup, or >> multiple-level undo and redo. >> >> On 8/5/2010 7:00 AM, Mihail wrote: >> >>> Will a graphic user interface be more friendly in new version of >>> Mathematica? >> >> -- >> Murray Eisenberg mur... at math.umas= > s.edu >> Mathematics& Statistics Dept. >> Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) >> University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (= > W) >> 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 >> Amherst, MA 01003-9305 > > Yes, I think of such things as automatic backup, or multiple-level > undo and redo. > I would like to see more powerful organization of palettes and > notebooks. Organization of palettes may be look like the ribbon > interface in MS Office 2007. Organization of notebooks may be look > like tabs in Google Chrome or Firefox. Notebooks and palettes will be > able to dock and undock. The code editor will be able to highlight > brackets. The highlighting looks like in Workbench 2. The selection of > code works like the selection for normal text without expansion. The > expansion appears when I try deselect the selection. The 'complete > selection' works like in such manner: > 1) I type something for example 'ListL' . > 2) I press Ctrl+K (complete selection). > 3) I continue type and 'complete selection list' interactive suggests > an end of word. > The powerful tooltip appears when I type the function arguments and > powerful 'complete selection list' appears for function arguments. > A multi-level UNDO would be VERY valuable - it seems to be a perpetual WRI blindspot :( David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk