Workflow: Number of open tabs
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@Alan-Kilborn said in Workflow: Number of open tabs:
People just hate change, even when it is a change for the better…
Please let people decide for themselves what is better for them and what is not.
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@ErolB1 ,
To be honest, I never even realized NPP had tab right click menus. I was using the menus, until I saw a blurb about them, and started using them, so, NOT seeing something, isn’t all that catalyzing of a thing, especially for new users, especially neophytes that are overwhelmed by the options to start. I believe using and playing with the environment and searching for answers when a need arises is the most important part of learning the environment.Interestingly enough, I started doing a revamp on the dBASE Plus UDL, to do keyword categorizing so I can set them up for individual users to color as they wish, and I had all these tabs open that ran off screen, so I was using the little navigating arrows to move in them, and I figured, ah…it’s time to setup a Document List view, and a Project Panel, and while trying to see if I could select all the tabs at once, I found out about…a keyboard shortcut to navigate between open tabs…Cntrl-Keypad#. Wow…imaging using this software all this time and never knowing that.
My point is, the software and it’s invisible features are just fine, especially for folks that don’t need to be overwhelmed with a plethora of options that they don’t even know they need yet. Let people have the fun of discovering the features as they are able to run in the enviornment and learn new things they didn’t know they needed. Curiosity will lead them to wonder why the tab visible controls appear and disappear as they move the mouse over them…and unless they are intrinsically incapable of learning, they’ll figure it out and maybe want to learn more. One more reason to like NPP…always a surprize around the corner, but not one that will prevent you from functioning in the environment, no matter what your preferences or skill level is. Just two more cents.
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@Lycan-Thrope I can’t speak for new users in general with regard to invisible features. But any time I’m forced to try to do something on my wife’s iphone, I have to give up after 30 seconds or face the possibility of a massive heart-attack!
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@Alan-Kilborn said, “People just hate change, even when it is a change for the better, or how something should have been from the start.”
Anyone whose ever used multiple versions of Adobe’s Photoshop Elements recognizes that sentiment as Adobe’s First Commandment!
I like a more general form : People hate change for the sake of change.
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Please let people decide for themselves what is better for them and what is not.
Notepad++ is not a democracy; it’s a dictatorship. :-)
The Notepad++ author decides what is “better”.
And, he’s decided on this topic. -
@Jim-Dailey said:
People hate change for the sake of change.
The Notepad++ author does not make changes just to make changes.
If a change is made, it is deemed that it is bettering something. -
@Jim-Dailey ,
I don’t touch my wife’s phone, because as much as she doesn’t know about tech, she seems to still think she knows more than me, so I don’t even try to help her…it’s better this way…she gets to learn herself, and I don’t have to listen how things used to work until I touched it. :-) -
@Alan-Kilborn said in Workflow: Number of open tabs:
Please let people decide for themselves what is better for them and what is not.
Notepad++ is not a democracy; it’s a dictatorship. :-)
Let me rephrase: Please let people decide for themselves what they like and what not.
The Notepad++ author decides what is “better”.
Yes, that is his privilege and no one else’s.
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@Alan-Kilborn I wasn’t referring to Don. I was speaking in general.
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@Andi-Kiissel said :
Please let people decide for themselves what they like
Of course.
But there’s an understanding that you don’t always get what you like. -
@Alan-Kilborn ,
Or in those famous lyrics:You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You get what you need—Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
:-)
