Comments on Rose
Highly modal property sheets make it hard to find and repeatedly access property widgets
- Constant switching between mouse and keyboard
- No good way to cut-and-paste multiple properties.
Batch code generation makes code v. model comparisons difficult
Diagram editing OK but somewhat clumsy
- Text often cut-off or drawn outside of box
- No alignment tools or back-to-front ordering
Table-of-contents widget aids users in finding individual elements, but that is all
Rose 98i fixes some of the most offensive usability problems of earlier versions (e.g., not being able to resize the property dialog)