R U Sure???
Jul 21, 2024 19:34:40 GMT -8
Post by Uncle Buddy on Jul 21, 2024 19:34:40 GMT -8
The R U Sure dialog is the enemy of serious researchers who have a lot of work to do in entering massive amounts of research data. I still remember the first time I clicked a mouse. Clicking mouses isn't as fun as it was the first time, in fact my right forearm has hurt so long I seldom notice it anymore, but that dull ache is always there.
I've always designed Treebard with the assumption that the user knows what he's doing and can correct his own mistakes, instead of making the user click a bunch of superfluous buttons to make a change real. I've also found that chains of dialogs introduce complexity to the code, besides trying the patience of the software user.
It just occurred to me that I want my genieware to work like a code editor. If I delete a word, the editor doesn't ask me if I really wanted to do that. I make plenty of mistakes, and I fix my mistakes when they become apparent.
A convenient tool in my favorite code editor Notepad++ is the UNDO button. I used to use Genbox, a genealogy application that lets you change a lot of things without annoying R U Sure messages to turn off. Genbox's UNDO button was my friend. Another important feature was the ability to merge elements.
What's needed in Treebard is an UNDO and REDO button. The buttons exist, but that's all. I've never researched how such a feature would be implemented. Here's a start on that research: stackoverflow.com/questions/2006404/making-undo-in-python
I've always designed Treebard with the assumption that the user knows what he's doing and can correct his own mistakes, instead of making the user click a bunch of superfluous buttons to make a change real. I've also found that chains of dialogs introduce complexity to the code, besides trying the patience of the software user.
It just occurred to me that I want my genieware to work like a code editor. If I delete a word, the editor doesn't ask me if I really wanted to do that. I make plenty of mistakes, and I fix my mistakes when they become apparent.
A convenient tool in my favorite code editor Notepad++ is the UNDO button. I used to use Genbox, a genealogy application that lets you change a lot of things without annoying R U Sure messages to turn off. Genbox's UNDO button was my friend. Another important feature was the ability to merge elements.
What's needed in Treebard is an UNDO and REDO button. The buttons exist, but that's all. I've never researched how such a feature would be implemented. Here's a start on that research: stackoverflow.com/questions/2006404/making-undo-in-python