On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:31:05 -0400, bulia byak <buliabyak@...400...> wrote:
Even if I add a button to switch the selected gradient between linear and radial, this would be a separate button from the one which governs the newly created gradient. (Or are you proposing to always create linear and then, if needed, switch it to radial? That would be quite cumbersome.) And since the usefullness of the radial/linear switch for _existing_ gradients is not obvious to me, I think leaving only the control for _newly created_ gradients makes sense and reduces clutter.
The fact that the "New:" part applies to newly created gradients is explained in the tooltips. Besides, this is consistent with the shape tools which, too, display "New:" when no objects of their type are selected, in which case adjusting the controls will affect newly created objects.
Hey Bulia, I'd have thought that for consistancy with the other tools (star/polygon is what springs to mind) that the linear/radial buttons should change selected gradients, or set defaults if no gradient selected. When i first used it that was the behaviour I expected, and i didnt imediately notice the New: and Change: bits. All the shape tools switch the tool from New: to Change: when you select one of their type of objects, why is the gradient tool different? It doesnt need to always create linear or radial, just remember what you used last time (like the star/polygon switch does)
just my 2c's
Great work on it btw, a massive improvement over the previous ui.
cheers
John