Cincom Smalltalk is no exception - there are certainly parts of the toolset that just suck. My intention in bringing this up isn't to shame anyone; if I wanted to do that, I could simply point to some of the more interesting code I've been responsible for over the years - including parts of BottomFeeder. No, my point here is to list some of my dislikes, and see what other developers who use VisualWorks think. No promises about time to fix anything, either - there's a ton of work that needs to be done in the large bucket labelled "tools", and all I'm after here is some notion as to what people think hurts most. So:

The Change List tool:

Look at the second and third items there - I have never had any idea as to what the difference between them is. The "Forget" menu is understandable only to people who've used it for years. I could go on, but you get the idea - I learned the bare minimum to get by years ago, and have stayed away from the rest.

So what's your pet peeve in the VW toolset? If you could wave a magic wand and fix just one tool, which one would it be, and why?

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