[Fwd: Re: [platform-ui-dev] task, problem, and bookmark views]

[Todd Chambery <chambery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1

We (the zclipse team) decided to write a plugin against 
the current TaskList view instead of a custom view, in order that our 
tasks be included in the consolidated list.  This in spite of the 
TaskList's minimal API. 

Todd
http://zclipse.org

Randy Hudson wrote:

> I would prefer to see a single TaskView that is more efficient than 
> the current version. I'm sometimes sorting through 2000 problems. 
>  Splitting that in half doesn't really solve the problem.
>
> Maybe the two new views already do this, but if not, why not first 
> experiment with tabletrees, filters, modes (like "problems" and 
> "tasks"), and other approaches to improving the management issue.
>
> As a user, I would prefer one view that works well.  This change goes 
> against the "Reduce Workbench Clutter" line item.  It is also going to 
> confuse users who already know how things work.
>
> -randy
>
>
>
>
> 	*"Chris McLaren" <Chris_McLaren@xxxxxxxxxx>*
> Sent by: platform-ui-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> 05/20/2003 04:11 PM
> Please respond to platform-ui-dev
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>         Subject:        [platform-ui-dev] task, problem, and bookmark 
> views
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>
>
>
> Recently the TaskList and BookmarkNavigator views were largely rewritten.
>
> The functionality of TaskList is replaced by two new independent views:
> 'TaskView' and 'ProblemView'. The functionality of BookmarkNavigator is
> replaced by the new view 'BookmarkView'.
>
> These three new views are now used instead of their predecessors in the
> 'Show View' menu for the resource perspective, I encourage writers of
> other perspectives to do the same.
>
> The older views, TaskList and BookmarkNavigator, still remain, and can be
> found in the 'Show View' dialog in a category named 'Deprecated'.
>
> All new code in org.eclipse.ui.views is currently in internal packages to
> avoid committing any new API at this time.
>
> Please forward me any questions,
>
> Thanks,
> Chris.
>
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