[OT-ish] WWDC things of interest

[Richard Gaskin]

Monte Goulding wrote:

 > Hi Richard
 >
 > A search in the bug DB for Windows issues doesn't really come up with
 > much more than you would see on other platforms. I did find one
 > report to recommend be elevated 
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14314
 >
 > Everyone has different priorities but it would be good to identify
 > reports that are likely to be impacting large numbers of users on
 > Windows as perhaps the team has misidentified their importance.

True, a lot o people find all sorts of time to write about issues on 
this list and in the forums, but not quite enough time to just file a 
bug report so it can be addressed.

In some cases the Windows angle may be a red herring.  For example, 
there are a good many IDE issues that aren't specific to Windows, even 
if the sheer number of Windows users among newcomers may initially make 
it seem like it has something to do with the engine for that platform.

I just did a quick search and found 202 open issues reported for Windows:

<http://quality.livecode.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&list_id=58342&token=1466293325-424f918402a529ff5218b5394c757322&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=PENDING&bug_status=PENDING_AWAITING_FOLLOW_UP&bug_status=EXPERT_REVIEW&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED_NOT_REPRODUCED&resolution=---&op_sys=Windows>

I haven't personally triaged those so I have no idea how many of those 
are critical, or even reproducible in v8.1.

It may be worth noting that the most recent of those has an ID number 
below 10,090, suggesting none of are very recent.  They may still be 
evident in recent versions, perhaps even important, but AFAIK none are 
regressions introduced since v8.

Also, some of the things marked as enhancements are not small issues 
even if they involve things LC has never gotten right.

For example, Mac users rarely appreciate how fluidly many Windows users 
are accustomed to moving around in GUIs by keyboard alone.  A good 
Windows or Linux GUI lets you choose whether you're using mouse or 
keyboard.  But in LC things like the option control can't be used by the 
keyboard:

Tabbing leave option control's menu up
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5513

Typing selection not honored for option controls
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5512

menuhistory not updated when changing option controls via keyboard
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5505

Those are things reported to me by my customers, back in 2007.

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