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>I've always considered Xcode to be the nicest IDE to use in terms of user interface, though it wasn't exactly pretty. It's just the competition was so ugly and

>I've always considered Xcode to be the nicest IDE to use in terms of user interface, though it wasn't exactly pretty. It's just the competition was so ugly and cluttered. I've often likened saying Xcode 3 was the prettiest IDE to saying that it was the nicest smelling dog crap. Xcode 4 however, genuinely is pretty. I love looking at it and admiring the amount of work that has gone into it. Apple has had some of the prettiest developer tools in terms of Interface Builder, Instruments, Quartz Composer etc for quite a while, but Xcode was dated. It now feels like the sort of user interface you'd expect from Apple. Looking at the screenshots, I don't see how it's prettier than, say Visual Studio 2010. Maybe it's subjective? Xcode from the article: http://fireballed.org/linked/2011/03/09/xcode-pilkington/xcode4review%20findreplacepreview.png http://fireballed.org/linked/2011/03/09/xcode-pilkington/xco... Visual Studio: http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vs2010.jpg http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/wordpress/wp-content/u...

magicofpi 16y ago
To be fair, that's not really the whole interface, just a section of a sheet showing diffs. Here's what the whole window looks like: http://devimages.apple.com/technologies/tools/images/new_single_window20110308.jpg http://devimages.apple.com/technologies/tools/images/new_sin...
ugh 16y ago
Not an entirely fair comparison, is it? Here is the equivalent new project window in Xcode: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/new.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/new.png (also: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/project.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/project.png) A shot of the main window: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/main.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/main.png
- Nate75Sanders 16y ago
  Have you two seen the new project window in vim? It's far less cluttered.
  - ugh 16y ago
    I did not make any statements about the UI of Xcode, I merely pointed out that the comparison was unfair.
  - Nate75Sanders 16y ago
    For some reason I can't reply to "ugh" again. There's no reply link. I thought it was obvious that my comment is a joke...

magicofpi 16y ago

To be fair, that's not really the whole interface, just a section of a sheet showing diffs. Here's what the whole window looks like: http://devimages.apple.com/technologies/tools/images/new_single_window20110308.jpg http://devimages.apple.com/technologies/tools/images/new_sin...

ugh 16y ago

Not an entirely fair comparison, is it? Here is the equivalent new project window in Xcode: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/new.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/new.png (also: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/project.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/project.png) A shot of the main window: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/main.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/main.png

Nate75Sanders 16y ago
Have you two seen the new project window in vim? It's far less cluttered.
- ugh 16y ago
  I did not make any statements about the UI of Xcode, I merely pointed out that the comparison was unfair.
- Nate75Sanders 16y ago
  For some reason I can't reply to "ugh" again. There's no reply link. I thought it was obvious that my comment is a joke...