App Browser versus Project Browser

[Richard Gaskin]

Monte Goulding wrote:

 > At one point I was thinking of making a stack browser that behaved
 > like the column view in the finder but then I realised that the most
 > annoying thing about the application browser is its use of horizontal
 > space. Unfortunately it’s the use of horizontal space that makes it
 > more functional…

I love Miller columns for many things, and started down that road once:
<http://fourthworld.net/revnet/devolution/4W_ObjectBrowser.rev.gz>

I used that for all my MetaCard years, and even with LC until the 
Project Browser. I guess I'm in the minority who finds the PB fairly 
satisfying (though the speed is abysmal with thumbnails on).

Back in my SuperCard days folks used to make object browsers almost as 
frequently as HyperCarders made Finder replacements <g>.  Some good 
ideas came from some of that, but I haven't seen one yet that makes me 
truly happy in all respects with features, performance, display clarity, 
and space.

With so much commercial work to do it's been hard to justify time for 
object browsers once the PB came along and it was at least good enough 
for me.

But if folks have time and interest there are many possibilities, and 
ideally we'd have a good many to choose from so everyone has exactly 
what they want.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems
  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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