CompuServe Thread

PC> It is amazing sometimes to find out Balloon Help is implemented. I get very PC> frustrated when I can't figure out how to use an application without PC> consulting the manual first. [Cool…huh…huh…] I was amazed, not many people really implement it, becuase, well… not many people use it, becuase, well… it is kinda obnoxious. However, for, situations when you are going, "dammm was that option double click or shift double click to paste the interface into here" Balloon help comes to the rescue and I don't have to get up and get the manual off of the shelf. To be honest Object Master right out of the box turned out to be a great help to me. I like BBEdit, but I have the dubious honor of working with a multitude of object frameworks. And I was getting tired of switching between BBEdit and MacBrowse to figure out what the hell I was doing. Object Master is at least twice as fast as MacBrowse, and it lets me work with the framework, which saves lots-o-time. It really is not much use to folks who are not doing OOP. As I get to know the program better, it is like my learning curve with MPW, the more I like it. It let me do the basics, and now I can go beyond. Good interface design does indeed say that for each function there should be a visible control, however, in some cases it would just be too cluttered. There was a great mockup in MacWorld a while back of an Artists Rendition of what MSWord 15 will look like, and most of the screen was filled with tool bars, and there was a small 50 x 50 pixel window in the bottom right corner for typing text. Anyway, I agree it is not everyones cup of tea, and if you are not doing Object Programming it is of limited use. I just use MPW's editor for non object stuff. But it's interface is as clean as it can be given it's depth. Jer, —- JerSquard Software