On 06 Feb 2006, at 20:36, Niels wrote:
hi all and alan -- thanks for a great product.
One suggestion: I think a split pane ala mail.app would be an improvement over the current drawer. Use of a drawer implies to me, an optional part of the interface, but when working on a project, the file list is hardly option, in my opinion. Is there any here that opens and closes the drawer repeatedly to access their project listing? A drawer makes window resizing a two step operation -- you have to first position your window to accommodate your drawer before doing the resize.. Try it, you'll see what I mean. I think really, managing the use of space *inside* a window is much more natural than managing it outside.
.niels
Hi Niels,
This has been discussed a lot before.
You can search the list for drawer (http://www.google.com/search? q=drawer+site%3Alists.macromates.com&btnG=Search)
You can find Alan's opinion is this thread: http://lists.macromates.com/pipermail/textmate/2005-April/003870.html
Personally, what I like with a drawer is that I can place it on the side I want and hide it when I don't need it.
-- Fred