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

["Dave Thomson" <Dave_Thomson@xxxxxxx>]

"Allen Wirfs-Brock" <Allen_Wirfs-Brock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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 - Agreed on the general observation about narrow designs.  I'm not
sure that providing the capability to close projects (primarily for the
purpose of removing clutter) is incompatible with a work style of leaving
everything open *unless* eclipse was to rely on people doing this
unnaturally in order to get reasonable performance? - which clearly it
shouldn't.  However keeping everything you have ever done open probably
isn't reasonable either...?

Do you have any other examples from Eclipse in mind where we might be able
to improve on the current situation?