Text Editing and Animations

[jessegrosjean]

@gruber

I’m glad the prefs are there, and I don’t mind changing them myself, but Jesse, it might be a “first impression” issue for some users that typing feels slow. Could just be me, though.

You are not alone:

Animation

Thank you @jessegrosjean for sharing this preview app! I’m excited about the new direction. I think an HTML-based document makes a lot of sense. (I’m especially excited about having a cross-platform outliner app.) The first thing that stood out to me about Bike was the outline-manipulation animation. They’re very smooth and slick! But I think they’re a bit too slow for me. This is probably an area where personal preference varies, but I wanted to make a plug for: 2x fast animations, and/or a se…

I think I must just be a slower than average typer. I’m still not sure I’m ready to change it, feels really nice to me as is, and stresses me out a bit at 2x speed. Anyway noted, I’m closer to changing the default now than I was yesterday :). A few more complaints might do it.

Is there anyone out there who DOES prefer the 1x speed?

@gruber

I know Bike already supports Tab/Shift-Tab, and ⌘⌃→ / ⌘⌃← for Indent/Outdent, but my fingers have muscle memory for ⌘] and ⌘[ that dates back, holy moly, 30 years. What text editor or outliner doesn’t support ⌘] / ⌘[ for indent/outdent? BBEdit, Xcode, Swift Playgrounds, OmniOutliner all do.

For my use Tab/Shift-Tab is what I use while editing.

The arrow key variants are what I use for moving an existing item to a different part of the outline. What I like about ⌘⌃→ / ⌘⌃← is that Bike also uses ⌘⌃↑ / ⌘⌃↓ to move items up/down. That means I can get my hands into move mode and move an item wherever I want with just arrow keys. I don’t want to loose that.

I’m happy to support ⌘] and ⌘[ as unlisted in menu bar though. Will look into that.