(oops only replied to Bulia initially)
bulia byak wrote:
On 9/23/05, Eric Wilhelm <scratchcomputing@...400...> wrote:
I like the layout and color coding of the svg (can you do that with drop-down menus?) but it is already a tight fit on smaller screens, and the key to making it work would be to have everything within two clicks F1.
Oh, and we already have F1 assigned, and I really don't like the idea of changing it (though there were several attempts to persuade me but I'm stubborn on this :)
I know that we (you and I, Bulia) have had discussions before and you've talked about not wanting to waste modifiers and such, which makes complete sense. So my question is, what about regular shortcut keys? Do we really need multiple shortcut keys "wasted" to have another way to change tools? And do we really need /three/ shortcuts to switch to the Selector tool? And I ask that because there are then 4 different way to select that tool if you include clicking on it.
On one level I really like the idea of the Fkeys being used like that because it's effectively making your Fkeys a toolbar. That being said, I have never once used any of them. With my typical workflow, the letter shortcuts of B, N, & Spacebar (one finger switches all my tools without even moving my hand... woohoo!) are heaven.
I would also question our deviation from the very standard F1 = Help. And with what we supply currently, keys & mouth is the most logical thing to link that to atm. And then down the line it would make sense to me if we were to somehow include the inkscape book to serve as our help/main documentation.
Just my .02
-Josh