Sorry I missed this whole discussion yesterday. But I wanted to say that I like jabier's idea with a small graphic to represent what each option does, which clicking on it also sets the option choice.
For the last version of the mockup I saw: I agree with whoever mentioned about "Choose if unsure". A lot of newbies, as well as not newbie, but still not very techically aware users, will choose it, simply because they don't understand it. So I'm not sure if "choose if unsure" should be there at all. I think the text, and maybe a small graphic, as jabier suggestion, should be clear enough that most users will be sure what to choose.
Where it says in the More section, 'there are 2 scaling methods - the whole document, or the individual elements in a document' - that is very clear to me. But which goes with which option above? I'm guessing they describe the 2 sub-options for the 2nd main option?
Because of all the info provided in the More section, I'm not sure what info is going to be included in the FAQ. It seems like the More section should be in the FAQ, and at the bottom of the dialog, it should be a link to the http anchor for that item.
If more technical info (than what's in the More section) is going to be available, maybe it should go in the developer faq, in the wiki. Then the user faq item (on the website) could link to it in the wiki.
As one of those 'not newbie, but not very technically aware' people, the first 2 main choices are very clear to me (screen display or printer). But I'm still a little unclear for the 2 sub-options for the 2nd ("physical output") main option.
Does the 1st sub-option mean if my drawing has any clips, masks, filters or clones, I should choose that option? Because if the 2nd option (accuracy of physical unit/position) means 'is the file going to be used for 3d printing', such a file is probably not going to have clips, masks, filters or clones.
So I wonder if it could be simplied to a) The image contains clips, masks, filters or clones b) The file will be used for 3d printing
I wonder where files used for cutters/plotters would fit - all the new gcodetools and etc.? I guess they would choose the 2nd option? If so, then maybe the 2nd option should be b) This file will be used with 'digital'? 'computerized'? cutters/plotters or 3d printing.
Are these changes reversible? If not, maybe the option to make a backup could indicate they aren't reversible?
Could there be a "do nothing" option? Or is a choice needed for every file? If a "do nothing" option is added, it should maybe warn about the consquences. "This or that might happen" (or "will happen") if you don't make a choice.
Last comment. There needs to be a space in "Thismethod" in the "Scaling individual elements....." section in the More section.
Thanks for your good work Mairin, and offer to help! It's clear you have awesome skills for UX and mockups! For the most part, I think Inkscape's interface is very good. But there is plenty of room for tweaking and polishing.
(This is probably a different subject, but there was recently some discussion about making the Page tab of the Document Properties dialog better - maybe split into 2 tabs, I'm not sure. Currently I have to dock that dialog to be able to see the last 3 options on that tab. This is a basic 15 inch laptop, which is apparently considered a small screen.)
All best, brynn
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Owens Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:52 AM To: Pelle Nilsson ; MáirínDuffy Cc: inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] UX help
On Thu, 2017-01-26 at 09:54 +0100, Pelle Nilsson wrote:
In that case it might be better to stay on 0.91 until this has been solved?
It would be very good to test it to death when it comes out. Having people such as yourself who can test files and formats specific for physical output will make sure that we're doing the right things in the code.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
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