Eclipse usability is, and has always been, a very hot topic.
A working group has recently been formed to focus on usability across eclipse.org projects. There also is a very interesting thread on the eclipse.foundation newsgroup regarding the issue.
Yesterday, Julian Jones posted a historical review of usability in Eclipse containing a link to his EclipseCon 2005 presentation on Eclipse UI Best Practices. It's an informative read. Check it out.
About Me
- Wassim Melhem
- Markham, Ontario, Canada
- I work as a Project Manager at Infusion Development. Prior to that, I was the Program Manager for Java and SQL Developer Products at Embarcadero Technologies for a hundred years. I started my career at IBM where I led the Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) for a thousand years. I hold a BMath in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and a BSc in Genetics from the University of Alberta.