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I personally find the JSON configuration paradigm to be immensely usable, at least when it's done in a schema/UI-assisted way (which is how vscode did it). I'm
by apk-d 7y ago
I personally find the JSON configuration paradigm to be immensely usable, at least when it's done in a schema/UI-assisted way (which is how vscode did it). I'm glad Microsoft is picking it up in their other software and I wish more software did it.
- mariusmg 7y agoYeah, much better than a sea of textboxes/comboboxes with no way to search.
- oefrha 7y ago> with no way to search. That’s the main problem, not boxes. Also, for text box configs there’s usually a XML/JSON behind the scene anyway. It’s not like I can’t grep my iTerm config even though I configure it from the GUI.
- GordonS 7y agoAgreed, I actually see plenty of settings dialogs in complex products with a search function nowadays (cmder, Visual Studio, JetBrains Rider etc).
- nickcox 7y agoYes! Don't ever change, Windows Terminal.
- kyriakos 7y agoalso its cool that you can copy your settings and move them to another machine just by copying one file.