| Cesar Rabak 2007-08-31, 8:37 pm |
| Larry W. Virden escreveu:
> On Aug 30, 6:21 pm, Cesar Rabak <csra...@yahoo.com.br> wrote:
>
> I don't think so. I mean there are specific features that people
> frequently look for in a editor. For example,
>
> Does the editor support syntax coloring?
>
> How are you going to argue that ?
No.
> Either it does, or it doesn't.
>
More or less: is the coloring 'fixed' or 'customizable'? Etc.
> Certainly there are "subjective" questions that one would avoid "which
> editor is more user friendly", "which editor is the best".
Yes.
>
> You focus on identifying the features a user wants - does it support
> text folding, syntax highlighting, templates, macros, whatever
> features that you want in a text editor . Each editor gets an answer.
I see. Although I still will be concerned with a digital (has/hasn't)
classification may bring criticism between advocates of each editor.
> As the user answers a question, that reduces the number of editors to
> consider. Perhaps the program mis designed in a way that one only is
> asked questions that are relevant to the remaining options, which
> means that one moves through the options to an answer more quickly, or
> maybe the user is asked all the questions, because one need might be
> less important than another that would take them down a different
> decision path. It might be interesting to have either option of
> exploring the editors.
>
It seems a nice idea to have for start a table with all this information
collected and checked by the editor issuers. Then create a tool to help
a prospective user to find out a suited editor.
> Certainly I could see a situation where the information about an
> editor is wrong - someone says an editor can do AAA but it can't, or
> says an editor can't do BBB but it can, if you load a special file or
> whatever. When those cases come up, then the data driving the
> application would need to be updated.
>
Yes. So probably during the early stages of the application it would be
wise to suggest the user to check for download the data _or_ better to
have the application run in a web page (which could after the user
select his/her choice click in link provided by the app for downloading
of the editor).
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