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Tudor Girba

Sun, Dec 7, 2014 1:14 PM

Hi,

Alex Syrel, Andrei Chis and I are happy to announce a new addition to the
Glamorous Toolkit:
GTSpotter, a novel interface for spotting objects.

GTSpotter has two goals:

Provide a uniform yet moldable interface that can work on any object, and
Handle searching through arbitrary levels of object nesting.

We think this will have a significant impact on the development workflow in
Pharo.

Here is a couple of screenshots:
[image: Inline image 2] [image: Inline image 1] [image: Inline image 3]

A trailer is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhSmjR3NOlU

A detailed description is available here:
http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/introducing-gtspotter

It works already in Pharo 3.0 and can be played with by following the
instructions from:
http://gt.moosetechnology.org

Please let us know what you think.

Enjoy,
The Glamorous Team

Hi, Alex Syrel, Andrei Chis and I are happy to announce a new addition to the Glamorous Toolkit: GTSpotter, a novel interface for spotting objects. GTSpotter has two goals: - Provide a uniform yet moldable interface that can work on any object, and - Handle searching through arbitrary levels of object nesting. We think this will have a significant impact on the development workflow in Pharo. Here is a couple of screenshots: [image: Inline image 2] [image: Inline image 1] [image: Inline image 3] A trailer is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhSmjR3NOlU A detailed description is available here: http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/introducing-gtspotter It works already in Pharo 3.0 and can be played with by following the instructions from: http://gt.moosetechnology.org Please let us know what you think. Enjoy, The Glamorous Team

JF

Johan Fabry

Sun, Dec 7, 2014 1:52 PM

Hola,

Andrei demoed it to me on friday and it is extremely cool. I can’t wait to start using it for my next development session.

I have one request though (as I already mentioned to Andrei). Since you are using a significant part of the screen, it would not be costly to (e.g. at the bottom) put a small legend of the non-obvious keystroke combinations. It would greatly increase discoverability of the features of the tool.

Considering the blog post, the legend would be ( I don’t understand the difference between the last 2):
Cmd+Shift+ArrowUp/ArrowDown = Next/Prev category, Cmd+RightArrow = Dive into, Cmd+Shift+RightArrow = ???

On Dec 7, 2014, at 10:14, Tudor Girba tudor@tudorgirba.com wrote:

Hi,

Alex Syrel, Andrei Chis and I are happy to announce a new addition to the Glamorous Toolkit:
GTSpotter, a novel interface for spotting objects.

GTSpotter has two goals:

Provide a uniform yet moldable interface that can work on any object, and
Handle searching through arbitrary levels of object nesting.

We think this will have a significant impact on the development workflow in Pharo.

Here is a couple of screenshots:
<gtspotter-packages-classes.png> <gtspotter-dive-class-method-sender.png> <gtspotter-playground.png>

A trailer is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhSmjR3NOlU

A detailed description is available here:
http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/introducing-gtspotter

It works already in Pharo 3.0 and can be played with by following the instructions from:
http://gt.moosetechnology.org

Please let us know what you think.

Enjoy,
The Glamorous Team

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Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry
PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

Hola, Andrei demoed it to me on friday and it is *extremely* cool. I can’t wait to start using it for my next development session. I have one request though (as I already mentioned to Andrei). Since you are using a significant part of the screen, it would not be costly to (e.g. at the bottom) put a small legend of the non-obvious keystroke combinations. It would greatly increase discoverability of the features of the tool. Considering the blog post, the legend would be ( I don’t understand the difference between the last 2): Cmd+Shift+ArrowUp/ArrowDown = Next/Prev category, Cmd+RightArrow = Dive into, Cmd+Shift+RightArrow = ??? > On Dec 7, 2014, at 10:14, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Alex Syrel, Andrei Chis and I are happy to announce a new addition to the Glamorous Toolkit: > GTSpotter, a novel interface for spotting objects. > > GTSpotter has two goals: > - Provide a uniform yet moldable interface that can work on any object, and > - Handle searching through arbitrary levels of object nesting. > > We think this will have a significant impact on the development workflow in Pharo. > > Here is a couple of screenshots: > <gtspotter-packages-classes.png> <gtspotter-dive-class-method-sender.png> <gtspotter-playground.png> > > > A trailer is available here: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhSmjR3NOlU > > A detailed description is available here: > http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/introducing-gtspotter > > It works already in Pharo 3.0 and can be played with by following the instructions from: > http://gt.moosetechnology.org > > Please let us know what you think. > > Enjoy, > The Glamorous Team ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

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Tudor Girba

Sun, Dec 7, 2014 2:16 PM

Hi,

Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the
shortkeys directly on the actions.

The answer to your question is in the blog post:
GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing
Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the
items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside
the category.

So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see more
items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now?

Cheers,
Doru

On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Johan Fabry jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl wrote:

Hola,

Andrei demoed it to me on friday and it is extremely cool. I can’t wait
to start using it for my next development session.

I have one request though (as I already mentioned to Andrei). Since you
are using a significant part of the screen, it would not be costly to (e.g.
at the bottom) put a small legend of the non-obvious keystroke
combinations. It would greatly increase discoverability of the features of
the tool.

Considering the blog post, the legend would be ( I don’t understand the
difference between the last 2):
Cmd+Shift+ArrowUp/ArrowDown = Next/Prev category, Cmd+RightArrow = Dive
into, Cmd+Shift+RightArrow = ???

On Dec 7, 2014, at 10:14, Tudor Girba tudor@tudorgirba.com wrote:

Hi,

Alex Syrel, Andrei Chis and I are happy to announce a new addition to

the Glamorous Toolkit:

GTSpotter, a novel interface for spotting objects.

GTSpotter has two goals:

Provide a uniform yet moldable interface that can work on any object,

and

Handle searching through arbitrary levels of object nesting.

We think this will have a significant impact on the development workflow

in Pharo.

Here is a couple of screenshots:
<gtspotter-packages-classes.png>

<gtspotter-dive-class-method-sender.png> <gtspotter-playground.png>

A trailer is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhSmjR3NOlU

A detailed description is available here:
http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/introducing-gtspotter

It works already in Pharo 3.0 and can be played with by following the

instructions from:

http://gt.moosetechnology.org

Please let us know what you think.

Enjoy,
The Glamorous Team

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Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry
PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

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Hi, Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the shortkeys directly on the actions. The answer to your question is in the blog post: GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the category. So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now? Cheers, Doru On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Johan Fabry <jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote: > Hola, > > Andrei demoed it to me on friday and it is *extremely* cool. I can’t wait > to start using it for my next development session. > > I have one request though (as I already mentioned to Andrei). Since you > are using a significant part of the screen, it would not be costly to (e.g. > at the bottom) put a small legend of the non-obvious keystroke > combinations. It would greatly increase discoverability of the features of > the tool. > > Considering the blog post, the legend would be ( I don’t understand the > difference between the last 2): > Cmd+Shift+ArrowUp/ArrowDown = Next/Prev category, Cmd+RightArrow = Dive > into, Cmd+Shift+RightArrow = ??? > > > On Dec 7, 2014, at 10:14, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Alex Syrel, Andrei Chis and I are happy to announce a new addition to > the Glamorous Toolkit: > > GTSpotter, a novel interface for spotting objects. > > > > GTSpotter has two goals: > > - Provide a uniform yet moldable interface that can work on any object, > and > > - Handle searching through arbitrary levels of object nesting. > > > > We think this will have a significant impact on the development workflow > in Pharo. > > > > Here is a couple of screenshots: > > <gtspotter-packages-classes.png> > <gtspotter-dive-class-method-sender.png> <gtspotter-playground.png> > > > > > > A trailer is available here: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhSmjR3NOlU > > > > A detailed description is available here: > > http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/introducing-gtspotter > > > > It works already in Pharo 3.0 and can be played with by following the > instructions from: > > http://gt.moosetechnology.org > > > > Please let us know what you think. > > > > Enjoy, > > The Glamorous Team > > > > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- > > Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry > PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile > > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list@lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

JF

Johan Fabry

Mon, Dec 8, 2014 3:02 PM

Sorry, but no :-(

I am always confused when people say ‘category’ because the word has so many overloaded meanings. The same happens in the blog post, it is not clear to me what category means here, and what does it have to do with the collection object?

On Dec 7, 2014, at 11:16, Tudor Girba tudor@tudorgirba.com wrote:

Hi,

Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the shortkeys directly on the actions.

The answer to your question is in the blog post:
GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the category.

So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now?

Cheers,
Doru

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Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry
PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

Sorry, but no :-( I am always confused when people say ‘category’ because the word has so many overloaded meanings. The same happens in the blog post, it is not clear to me what category means here, and what does it have to do with the collection object? > On Dec 7, 2014, at 11:16, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the shortkeys directly on the actions. > > The answer to your question is in the blog post: > GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the category. > > So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now? > > Cheers, > Doru ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

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Tudor Girba

Mon, Dec 8, 2014 3:48 PM

Hi,

Ok. Let's take it step by step and see if we cannot find a better way of
explaining.

Take a look at the first picture in the blog post. Entering GTSpo shows
results both for Classes and for Packages. These "Classes" and "Packages"
are what we call search categories, and they have associated a query
processor that can populate them with results (see the "Spotting your
objects" section from the bottom of the post).

In our case, we get 39 classes (of which only 5 are shown) and 1 package
that match the query. If you want to look at all those 39 classes, you can
dive in the whole collection behind the category in a separate step. This
is achieved through Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight. Does it make more sense now?

I did not consider the category to be confusing. Would you propose another
name?

Cheers,
Doru

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Johan Fabry jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl wrote:

Sorry, but no :-(

I am always confused when people say ‘category’ because the word has so
many overloaded meanings. The same happens in the blog post, it is not
clear to me what category means here, and what does it have to do with the
collection object?

On Dec 7, 2014, at 11:16, Tudor Girba tudor@tudorgirba.com wrote:

Hi,

Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the

shortkeys directly on the actions.

The answer to your question is in the blog post:
GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing

Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the
items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside
the category.

So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see

more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now?

Cheers,
Doru

---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <---

Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry
PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

--
www.tudorgirba.com

"Every thing has its own flow"

Hi, Ok. Let's take it step by step and see if we cannot find a better way of explaining. Take a look at the first picture in the blog post. Entering GTSpo shows results both for Classes and for Packages. These "Classes" and "Packages" are what we call search categories, and they have associated a query processor that can populate them with results (see the "Spotting your objects" section from the bottom of the post). In our case, we get 39 classes (of which only 5 are shown) and 1 package that match the query. If you want to look at all those 39 classes, you can dive in the whole collection behind the category in a separate step. This is achieved through Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight. Does it make more sense now? I did not consider the category to be confusing. Would you propose another name? Cheers, Doru On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Johan Fabry <jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote: > Sorry, but no :-( > > I am always confused when people say ‘category’ because the word has so > many overloaded meanings. The same happens in the blog post, it is not > clear to me what category means here, and what does it have to do with the > collection object? > > > On Dec 7, 2014, at 11:16, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the > shortkeys directly on the actions. > > > > The answer to your question is in the blog post: > > GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing > Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the > items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside > the category. > > > > So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see > more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now? > > > > Cheers, > > Doru > > > > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- > > Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry > PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

JF

Johan Fabry

Mon, Dec 8, 2014 4:17 PM

OK now I get it … thanks for clarifying!
I think my confusion stems from the use of ‘category' and then talking about 'the collection object’, which made me think about collections and source code and protocols and packages and I got lost.

I think that the sentence of the blog would be clearer like this (uppercase to show changes):

To do this, GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a RESULTS category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection OF RESULTS OF that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the category.

So then, my suggestion for a legend at the bottom of the results list would be:
Cmd+Shift+ArrowUp/ArrowDown = Next/Prev category, Cmd+RightArrow = Dive into Result, Cmd+Shift+RightArrow = Dive into Category

On Dec 8, 2014, at 12:48, Tudor Girba tudor@tudorgirba.com wrote:

Hi,

Ok. Let's take it step by step and see if we cannot find a better way of explaining.

Take a look at the first picture in the blog post. Entering GTSpo shows results both for Classes and for Packages. These "Classes" and "Packages" are what we call search categories, and they have associated a query processor that can populate them with results (see the "Spotting your objects" section from the bottom of the post).

In our case, we get 39 classes (of which only 5 are shown) and 1 package that match the query. If you want to look at all those 39 classes, you can dive in the whole collection behind the category in a separate step. This is achieved through Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight. Does it make more sense now?

I did not consider the category to be confusing. Would you propose another name?

Cheers,
Doru

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Johan Fabry jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl wrote:
Sorry, but no :-(

I am always confused when people say ‘category’ because the word has so many overloaded meanings. The same happens in the blog post, it is not clear to me what category means here, and what does it have to do with the collection object?

On Dec 7, 2014, at 11:16, Tudor Girba tudor@tudorgirba.com wrote:

Hi,

Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the shortkeys directly on the actions.

The answer to your question is in the blog post:
GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the category.

So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now?

Cheers,
Doru

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Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry
PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

--
www.tudorgirba.com

"Every thing has its own flow"

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Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry
PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

OK now I get it … thanks for clarifying! I think my confusion stems from the use of ‘category' and then talking about 'the collection object’, which made me think about collections and source code and protocols and packages and I got lost. I think that the sentence of the blog would be clearer like this (uppercase to show changes): To do this, GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a RESULTS category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection OF RESULTS OF that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the category. So then, my suggestion for a legend at the bottom of the results list would be: Cmd+Shift+ArrowUp/ArrowDown = Next/Prev category, Cmd+RightArrow = Dive into Result, Cmd+Shift+RightArrow = Dive into Category > On Dec 8, 2014, at 12:48, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Ok. Let's take it step by step and see if we cannot find a better way of explaining. > > Take a look at the first picture in the blog post. Entering GTSpo shows results both for Classes and for Packages. These "Classes" and "Packages" are what we call search categories, and they have associated a query processor that can populate them with results (see the "Spotting your objects" section from the bottom of the post). > > In our case, we get 39 classes (of which only 5 are shown) and 1 package that match the query. If you want to look at all those 39 classes, you can dive in the whole collection behind the category in a separate step. This is achieved through Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight. Does it make more sense now? > > I did not consider the category to be confusing. Would you propose another name? > > Cheers, > Doru > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Johan Fabry <jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote: > Sorry, but no :-( > > I am always confused when people say ‘category’ because the word has so many overloaded meanings. The same happens in the blog post, it is not clear to me what category means here, and what does it have to do with the collection object? > > > On Dec 7, 2014, at 11:16, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the shortkeys directly on the actions. > > > > The answer to your question is in the blog post: > > GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the category. > > > > So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now? > > > > Cheers, > > Doru > > > > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- > > Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry > PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile > > > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

TG

Tudor Girba

Mon, Dec 8, 2014 10:36 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, Johan. I will change the text and we will
definitely look into making the shortcuts more apparent.

Cheers,
Doru

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Johan Fabry jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl wrote:

OK now I get it … thanks for clarifying!
I think my confusion stems from the use of ‘category' and then talking
about 'the collection object’, which made me think about collections and
source code and protocols and packages and I got lost.

I think that the sentence of the blog would be clearer like this
(uppercase to show changes):

To do this, GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a RESULTS
category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection OF RESULTS
OF that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the
category.

So then, my suggestion for a legend at the bottom of the results list
would be:
Cmd+Shift+ArrowUp/ArrowDown = Next/Prev category, Cmd+RightArrow = Dive
into Result, Cmd+Shift+RightArrow = Dive into Category

On Dec 8, 2014, at 12:48, Tudor Girba tudor@tudorgirba.com wrote:

Hi,

Ok. Let's take it step by step and see if we cannot find a better way of

explaining.

Take a look at the first picture in the blog post. Entering GTSpo shows

results both for Classes and for Packages. These "Classes" and "Packages"
are what we call search categories, and they have associated a query
processor that can populate them with results (see the "Spotting your
objects" section from the bottom of the post).

In our case, we get 39 classes (of which only 5 are shown) and 1 package

that match the query. If you want to look at all those 39 classes, you can
dive in the whole collection behind the category in a separate step. This
is achieved through Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight. Does it make more sense now?

I did not consider the category to be confusing. Would you propose

another name?

Cheers,
Doru

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Johan Fabry jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl

wrote:

Sorry, but no :-(

I am always confused when people say ‘category’ because the word has so

many overloaded meanings. The same happens in the blog post, it is not
clear to me what category means here, and what does it have to do with the
collection object?

On Dec 7, 2014, at 11:16, Tudor Girba tudor@tudorgirba.com wrote:

Hi,

Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the

shortkeys directly on the actions.

The answer to your question is in the blog post:
GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing

Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the
items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside
the category.

So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see

more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now?

Cheers,
Doru

---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <---

Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry
PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

--
www.tudorgirba.com

"Every thing has its own flow"

---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <---

Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry
PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile

--
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Thanks for the suggestions, Johan. I will change the text and we will definitely look into making the shortcuts more apparent. Cheers, Doru On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Johan Fabry <jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote: > > OK now I get it … thanks for clarifying! > I think my confusion stems from the use of ‘category' and then talking > about 'the collection object’, which made me think about collections and > source code and protocols and packages and I got lost. > > I think that the sentence of the blog would be clearer like this > (uppercase to show changes): > > To do this, GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a RESULTS > category. Pressing Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection OF RESULTS > OF that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside the > category. > > So then, my suggestion for a legend at the bottom of the results list > would be: > Cmd+Shift+ArrowUp/ArrowDown = Next/Prev category, Cmd+RightArrow = Dive > into Result, Cmd+Shift+RightArrow = Dive into Category > > > On Dec 8, 2014, at 12:48, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Ok. Let's take it step by step and see if we cannot find a better way of > explaining. > > > > Take a look at the first picture in the blog post. Entering GTSpo shows > results both for Classes and for Packages. These "Classes" and "Packages" > are what we call search categories, and they have associated a query > processor that can populate them with results (see the "Spotting your > objects" section from the bottom of the post). > > > > In our case, we get 39 classes (of which only 5 are shown) and 1 package > that match the query. If you want to look at all those 39 classes, you can > dive in the whole collection behind the category in a separate step. This > is achieved through Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight. Does it make more sense now? > > > > I did not consider the category to be confusing. Would you propose > another name? > > > > Cheers, > > Doru > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Johan Fabry <jfabry@dcc.uchile.cl> > wrote: > > Sorry, but no :-( > > > > I am always confused when people say ‘category’ because the word has so > many overloaded meanings. The same happens in the blog post, it is not > clear to me what category means here, and what does it have to do with the > collection object? > > > > > On Dec 7, 2014, at 11:16, Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Yes, we will still evolve the UI. At the very least you will get the > shortkeys directly on the actions. > > > > > > The answer to your question is in the blog post: > > > GTSpotter offers an extra action: diving in a category. Pressing > Cmd+Shift+ArrowRight dives in the collection object containing only the > items from that category. Thus, we can continue refining the search inside > the category. > > > > > > So, you will open the collection of that sub-category and you will see > more items at once (not just 5). Is it clearer now? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Doru > > > > > > > > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- > > > > Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry > > PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile > > > > > > > > > > -- > > www.tudorgirba.com > > > > "Every thing has its own flow" > > > > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- > > Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry > PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"

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