[Lazarus] New user interface for future major releases of Lazarus

[Avishai]

I agree with Michael.  I tried AnchorDocking and it did not work for
me.  I need to be able to change values in the Property Editor and see
the Form at the same time.  I could not do that with Docking.

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 10:40 AM,  <michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be> wrote:
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>
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, Felipe Ferreira da Silva wrote:
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>>        I would like to propose and discuss about a new graphical user
>> interface for the next major releases. Nowadays, most of the RAD tools use a
>> docked interface(MonoDevelop, Delphi, VS), and in some cases they are
>> stylish(like the recent Visual Studio versions). I think that a
>> better-looking IDE would not just make the programming task more pleasant,
>> but also could attract more people to Pascal.
>>
>>        I know about the existence of AnchorDocking package for a docked
>> IDE, but I think that if such feature were built-in, the IDE could be
>> improved with appropriated features for a docked app - and since the forms
>> would be still undockable, the user could switch back to the "Delphi7-like"
>> interface.
>>
>>        My propose is ask if you guys would mind if I work on some projects
>> with a different interface and made in Lazarus(of course) to you evaluate.
>> I'm good at create components and customize to give them a stylish
>> appearance like in the case of VS. But I would like to know from you guys
>> first.
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> As long as you can completely undo it, I don't see why not.
>
> Not everyone is comfortable with the so-called docked interface.
> Tastes in what is considered a 'modern gui' change every so-and-so years.
> It's not because an interface has been around for a while that it is less
> good.
>
> I work with Delphi XE, and reverted completely to the D7 look, including the
> 'old' component palette. Even my windows 7 has the 'classic' look.
>
> Michael.
>
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