Thursday, September 29, 2011

There Can Only Be One (Window)

Developers, your programs should only take up one window (popups like file pickers don't count). You don't clutter my taskbar and it makes your programs easier to use.
Offenders: AgentSheets, Paint Dot Net, all web browsers prior to 2000, many creative programs.

This is what a standard AgentSheets setup looks like when making a basic version of space invaders.

That's not even close to all the windows you can have open at a time. Just moving a new window to the right place takes up a ton of time.









This is my mock up of a one windowed system. Clearly I didn't spend any time making it look good, just showing the basics. A tab system, every thing you need for the programming in one place.









Just a quick one for Paint Dot Net, just imagine all on the windows as a sidebar.



Developers, make it easy on us. Just one window. Please.





























P.S. Bonus points to anyone who can spot what every image in this post and the last one has in it.

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