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ui - planned features for NetBeans 3.3


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Content:
1. Must have
   Freestyle Browser (new Explorer)
   IDE Accessibility
   Shortcuts cleanup
2. Should have
   Small enhancements
3. Nice to have
   Power user improvements
   New Icons of abstract objects (fields, methods, ...)
   Icon Badging

1. Must have

Must have features

Freestyle Browser (new Explorer)
Duration: ?(5) days Status: 95%Votes: User Impact: high
The Freestyle Browser brings new flexibility to the Explorer. It will need UI work, and will have an impact on UI issues elsewhere in the IDE.
 
Jano - responsible
Petr Hrebejk - developer
IDE Accessibility
Duration: ? days Status: 10%Votes: User Impact: high
NetBeans must be made accessible for people with a variety of disabilities. NetBeans will pass accessibility tests!
 
Dusan - responsible
Shortcuts cleanup
Duration: 10 days Status: 100%Votes: User Impact: medium
We have a lot of shortcuts conflicts, which must be resolved soon!
 
Maya - responsible

2. Should have

Should have features

Small enhancements
Duration: 2 days Status: 100%Votes: User Impact:
 
Jano - responsible

3. Nice to have

Nice to have features

Power user improvements
Duration: ? days Status: Not startedVotes: User Impact:
A variety of things are planned to make life better for the power user. For example, we could provide cleverer key bindings, such as those used by xemacs. We could reduce the amount of "chrome" (i.e., window decorations). We could provide a macro capability, that lets the user chain together commonly used sequences of actions.
 
Jirka - responsible
New Icons of abstract objects (fields, methods, ...)
Duration: ? days Status: Not startedVotes: User Impact:
We need a consistent way to represent the icons for container nodes, i.e., those nodes that exist only to contain other nodes. Examples are the Fields node and the Methods node.
 
Bruce - responsible
Icon Badging
Duration: 1 days Status: 50%Votes: User Impact:
Provide guidelines, maybe implementation help for icon badging.
 
Gabo - responsible
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