On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 02:20 -0400, bulia byak wrote:
I haven't fully tested the functionality yet, but here are some comments on the UI. Sorry for the terseness - I do find the tool valuable, but the UI really needs some work.
- The tool icon is horrible and very out of the line with the default
tool icons. The Tweak icon is not stellar either. Can some talented artist suggest a replacement?
I tried already and realized I'm not an icon guy. :)
- The button "Some options for the spray" is a bad idea, as is the
dialog it opens. We don't have separate dialogs for tool options. Each tool may have some often-used controls on the controls bar, plus some rarely-used settings on its page in Inkscape Preferences. Please try to redistribute the dialog controls between these two locations. E.g. I don't think many people will ever change the distribution from Gaussian to uniform - this choice can be moved to Preferences. The controls bar can accommodate more than you have there now - if something does not fit it will be placed in an automatic menu, so just move the least used controls to the right (but preserving some logical grouping, of course). You may also try to combine some of the options into higher-level, coarser but more user-friendly preset-like options, such as a single "Scale randomization" slider instead of min/max values. (And for cursor, the Width value seems a duplicate of the controls bar's Width slider.)
I have the same complaints. Perhaps Gaussian & Uniform could be a toggle button on the Controls bar? Otherwise, I will see what I can do to get those options moved to the Tool Controls bar if non of the original authors are willing or available.
Cheers, Josh