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Hey
Ok heres some features i’ve been thinking up for what i would like to see implemented, i dont think any of these are essential but if you agree bump up, these guys are doing a great job and i respect them embracing the community to make their application better for more people in more ways.
- Intype Main Window Opacity – Change to suit what you feel like 20% 40% etc
- Coloured Multi Document Interface a.k.a Tabs (already noted as requested feature, but not multi-coloured)
- Default File Icon – ability to associate .sql .html etc with InType and have an icon for each File Type
- Auto Save (Incremented every 3 minutes or so?)
- Auto Backup (Store a previous version of the file in same directory append 1 to name? maybe every 5 minutes)
- Ability to set Default File Type on InType startup (Already Requested)
- Intype Splash Screen (Dont know what good it would do, probably aesthetics)
- Auto Bug/Crash Report (Check Mozilla Firefox Crash Wizard for example)
- Mouse Over – e.g Mouse over a tab in Intype for 3 seconds or more, and its auto-focussed
- Intype Statistics – Tools > Stats for example could tell you how many lines of code you have, how long the program has been running, how long since your last “manual” save – could be important feature.
- Coffee Break – Set time for InType to notify you its time for Coffee :P – Geek Feature
Ok so there are quite a lot of features there, some may get implemented, some may not, i do think that one or two of those should make someones list.
AJ
Sorry, but I’m not sure that I want any of these features! :)
Maybe you could implement them as scripts or plugins when that functionality is available?
AJ: Intype Main Window Opacity – Change to suit what you feel like 20% 40% etc
Why? You mean when the window is unfocused? Otherwise I think it is just distracting if the background interfers with the document I’m working on.
Coloured Multi Document Interface a.k.a Tabs (already noted as requested feature, but not multi-coloured)
Hmm, colored by filetype, then? That could possibly be useful …
Default File Icon – ability to associate .sql .html etc with InType and have an icon for each File Type
To set Intype as default editor for any file type? Yes, when we have a bundle editor it might be a good idea to integrate this. And the bundle could contain an icon to use for the file association.
Auto Save (Incremented every 3 minutes or so?)
May be good. If so, a user-settable interval in minutes or keystrokes (e.g. save after every 500 keystrokes).
Auto Backup (Store a previous version of the file in same directory append 1 to name? maybe every 5 minutes)
Auto Save and Auto Backup should probably be integrated so that the N last versions are kept. Auto Backup location must be configurable so it can be kept away from your project tree.
Auto Bug/Crash Report (Check Mozilla Firefox Crash Wizard for example)
Do you anticipate a lot of crashes? ;)
Mouse Over – e.g Mouse over a tab in Intype for 3 seconds or more, and its auto-focussed
Yecch, no way! And that is completely non-standard.
Intype Statistics – Tools > Stats for example could tell you how many lines of code you have, how long the program has been running, how long since your last “manual” save – could be important feature.
Perhaps. I don’t see that as important but YMMV.
Coffee Break – Set time for InType to notify you its time for Coffee :P – Geek Feature
Don’t think this will be implemeted …
I kinda like the idea of allowing the Explorer defined filetype icon represented in a tab such as how Firefox currently shows a website’s favicon in the tab… However, I think it’d be more work to do than would be apparently useful.
I kinda like the stats idea and the colored tabs for filetypes.
I personally don’t like autosave or autobackup I always turn those off.
i think the coffie thing and Intype Splash Screen are bad ideas
it’s importent to keep intype light and fast
Auto Bug/Crash Report (Check Mozilla Firefox Crash Wizard for example)
Do you anticipate a lot of crashes? ;)
Coffee Break – Set time for InType to notify you its time for Coffee :P – Geek Feature
Don’t think this will be implemeted …
lol Me neither, and no i dont anticipate a lot of crashes ;) as i say most of those above were just a brainstorm and i figured i would pitch em up see what everyone else thinks.
Coloured Tabs by Filetype and AutoSave/Backup i think are the strongest features for Intergration consideration, i believe those are the most useful and practical from all of the ones detailed above.
I guess auto save is alright. I think that Auto Backup creates a lot of clutter.
I’ve never really had to go back and use a backup.
tstrokes, what’s if the computer crashed, you would have a saves backup
im ignoring auto save
tstrokes: I guess auto save is alright. I think that Auto Backup creates a lot of clutter.
I’ve never really had to go back and use a backup.
Yeah i think if its difficult to implement then it wouldnt justify the means, considering now Windows Vista has an auto backup built in.
I agree however that Auto Save would be cool, Coloured Tabs when the MDi is implemented in the future.
By the way does anyone predict after what release this will be non freeware?
1.0
Yarden: I guess I’m just lucky that way. My computer doesn’t seem to crash that often.
And because I’m a web guy and I save a lot locally and to the server if my box crashed
I would have a pretty recent version.
AJ: This may answer your question.
I personally don’t see a use for a file backup system in a text editing application, specially if it only keeps the latest version of the file. I use SVN to track down every changes to every files I have in every projects I run and it works beautifully.
I can see a use for auto save though, but I think it’s not the right solution for the “What if the computer crashes?” problem. Something more along the lines of recovery system ala Firefox sessions would work nicely (free rant: DON’T store the recovery info in a .something file in the current working directory. Nothing annoys me more than seeing the file count in a directory change because of that, specially since I tend to get used to how many times I have to press the down arrow on my keyboard to get to a certain file. But that’s just me, and I’m kinda lazy. Go Intype!)
I don’t mind for a splash screen though, as long as it can be disabled in the options.
AJ: By the way does anyone predict after what release this will be non freeware?
I’d already pay for the existing features, but I guess sometime around the time they hit 1.0 would be a nice start. This reminds me, where can we make donations?
Of those suggested, these are the only ones I would want:
- Coloured Multi Document Interface a.k.a Tabs (already noted as requested feature, but not multi-coloured)
This could be useful for different file types, but it should be optional.
- Default File Icon – ability to associate .sql .html etc with InType and have an icon for each File Type
This is obviously important to any editor, and I’m fairly sure martin has already said he will be creating some icons.
- Ability to set Default File Type on InType startup (Already Requested)
Very important, and as you said, already requested.
Other than autosave, autobackup, and default file types, I don’t really see the point of the other features except maybe the colored tabs (implemented by a plugin).
well its all about communication, if ive managed to jump start some ideas or get something considered to be included then Intype is the better for it, its probably us that will be purchasing it first.
I really do like the way this whole design concept is going, the fact that we can suggest a feature and it could be included, it really is the way to design software now.
Yeah collaboration is key to me too. It makes the end user a lot happier.
If only I had had some say in the way other apps were designed. And like you
said even if it didn’t make it in it still would have been nice.
We might need to start Mind Mapping now though. :P
What software do you use? :)
FreeMind :)
I agree with all of the suggestions I’ve quoted below, but colored tabs could just have their top border colored, that would be enough for me to recognize the different file types and it would not steal as much focus.
Jack Sleight: Of those suggested, these are the only ones I would want:
- Coloured Multi Document Interface a.k.a Tabs (already noted as requested feature, but not multi-coloured)
This could be useful for different file types, but it should be optional.- Default File Icon – ability to associate .sql .html etc with InType and have an icon for each File Type
This is obviously important to any editor, and I’m fairly sure martin has already said he will be creating some icons.- Ability to set Default File Type on InType startup (Already Requested)
Very important, and as you said, already requested.
bartt: Yeah, we have this as a priority. And I’m sorry, that you’ve lost your work. Can you describe closer your version number, amount of time Intype has been running until the crash, and perhaps sizes of the files you were editing at the time of the crash?
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