It feels a bit clumsy. When I fist opened it I had no idea what to do really. It looks quite complicated for the (simple) function it serves.
I summarised some of the problems I had when I first opened the app.
- Where do I search? There are two search fields with ambiguous placeholder texts.
- Where is the documentation? I expected to be able to click on a button called "Ruby" and browse the Ruby documentation.
- The double function of the side bar (perhaps the whole app) confuses me. I expected it to be mainly an app to browse/look up documentation. After some time I figured out the app serves the function as snippet repository as well. What confuses me most is that once you search for documentation, the snippet part of the app completely disappears.
Personally I wouldn't have put in the snippet part. It's, in my opinion, the job of a text editor or IDE to manage snippets. Alternatively a dedicated app such as Notational Velocity could be used to manage snippets.
I hope you find this comment useful, as it's definitely not intended to shit on your app :)
I summarised some of the problems I had when I first opened the app.
- Where do I search? There are two search fields with ambiguous placeholder texts.
- Where is the documentation? I expected to be able to click on a button called "Ruby" and browse the Ruby documentation.
- The double function of the side bar (perhaps the whole app) confuses me. I expected it to be mainly an app to browse/look up documentation. After some time I figured out the app serves the function as snippet repository as well. What confuses me most is that once you search for documentation, the snippet part of the app completely disappears.
Personally I wouldn't have put in the snippet part. It's, in my opinion, the job of a text editor or IDE to manage snippets. Alternatively a dedicated app such as Notational Velocity could be used to manage snippets.
I hope you find this comment useful, as it's definitely not intended to shit on your app :)