combine the edit and variables window

[dutchclimber]

Hi all,

 

I have been playing with some ideas that I would like to share with you:

 

I normally populate the necessary fields in the edit window mainly as follows:

appplication name = a TEXT

category = a TEXT

the URL = {VARIABLE}

save to file = a FORMULA (combination of variables with/without text

 

my defaults for URL and save to file are ('stole them from the forum')

1) URL_download

2) target}\{category}\{appname:regexreplace:(\w+[\s]?\w+)(\s\(\w+\))?:$1}\{appname:replace: :_}_v{version:replace: :_}.{url:ext}

 

which means I have to enter the appname (obviously), the category and then go to the variables window and start hacking away there to create version and URL_download.

 

I assume most of us do it that way.

 

My question is: why not combine the two windows like http://www.dutchorange.com/uploadmap/KetarinVariableForm.jpg[/img]?

 

It is basically the edit window.. Just a bit bigger (as the variable window now is).

Tabs 'advance settings' and 'commands' stay the same

The application tab has the three NECESSARY fields (appname, url, destination) they are greenish here.

the destination field is smart: ends on a '\', it's a folder, if not, it's a file

 

the rest of the fields is defined by the user as we know it.

 

Different fields have different needs as we already know:

When in the current version you select a variable you have to select either:

content from URL, Content from URL (regular expression) or Textual content

I have drawn that in a red box

Why not turn those radiobuttons into a dropdownbox so we can have the following 'types' and in analogy to the way it works now, if it changes, then the possible input fields change.

1) Content from URL

2) Content from URL (regular expression)

3) Textual content

4) Download site (which would result in two fields below; the site which is a Ketarin populated dropdownlist (e.g. filehippo) and the identifier (e.g. CDBurnerXP)

5) Dropdown placeholder (as discussed here)

 

I left out global vars to keep it plain, but those could fit in as well

 

R

Edited May 2, 2009 by dutchclimber

[floele]

Erm...no. I believe that your suggestion makes the whole thing very confusing and it doesn't look very aesthetic either. Nice try