[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Java builders and separate projects

[Allen_Wirfs-Brock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Allen Wirfs-Brock)]

Jeff McAffer wrote:

..
> Hmmm, to keep the project from being built?! :-)  Actually, the idea is that
> projects you are not using/working on do not need to be open and cluttering
> up your work environment.  Much like you would close files in Word once you
> are done with them. All this does is save the state of the project and
> remove it from the workspace's in-memory model.  This reduces footprint and
> may make some operations (e.g., Rebuild) faster.

..

This may be how you work with Word but is not necessarily how other people
work.  Personally, I keep things open (but perhaps minimized) for a long
time).  Who knows when you are "really done" with something.  This is
especially true if the startup time is at all noticable.

If you look at peoples desktops (either physical or computer screen) you
will find many different personal organization and work styles. If you
design your interfaces around a single such style you will seriouly hurt
the usability for everyone who doesn't match that style.  Unfortunately,
up to this point I see a lot of this in Eclipse.

Allen Wirfs-Brock
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