On Mar 16, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
On 3/16/10, Jon Cruz wrote:
That is, there is a common practice in the UI industry to include such commands in the toolbar.
What really is common:
a) editable toolbars, the dialog to do it is usually accessible from a right side of a toolbar, also accessible from either Service or Settings menu;
Yes. Exactly as planned.
b) editable set of toolbars, right click on a toolbar to enable/disable a particular toolbar, also always accessible from View menu
Again, exactly as planned.
Where does the combobox that is not even visible with main toolbar off fit this common practice? :)
First it won't be a combo box. That will be disabled before release. Second, it will be accessible from the toolbar (right side, as you mentioned) *and* from the
Also, when I choose Task > Wide, I get a sidebar that takes 2/5 of width of my bloody 24" large display. Is it supposed to be so?
You might need to drop a screenshot, and check which preferences you have set. I do know that one of our toolbars is really a set of many, and several of those are broken. There is a preference to not have that one move.
May I please suggest to stop these consequences and apply to participate in OpenUsability instead?
Well... Open Usability has been an interesting idea, but working directly with specific individuals has been more productive to date. GIMP gained the most from direct participation from Peter Sikking, and there has been good work done by Michael Terry and his team. We do need to work more with them, and the code I've been putting in has been in collaboration with them.
You can check on Open Usability more if you would like. So far, though, it seems like an interesting but slightly stalled project.