On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 18:06 +0100, Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
SorinN wrote:
On a later build the problem of the switched mirror buttons was
solved
-- btw, arrow buttons are better than the old triangles separated by
a
dot line. they are intuitive ..by default -> arrows means
directions.
I disagree, a double-headed arrow means stretch to me not flip. The triangles looked like reflections, which was much more intuitive to me.
Whilst I did get used to the arrows, I think Thomas is right - the arrows could mean move rather than flip. The reflected triangles was a better representation.
Also rotate with 90 degrees buttons which are arrows too now - are
the
best options here -> they're so explicit much more than 2 triangles with 90 degrees in between.
Button for creating spirals on toolbar are also a bad choice ( in
the
15 May build ) it's hard to read it's icon and message for a
newcomer
to Inkscape.
Yeah it's too faint. The new toolbar are icons are pretty - but I don't think they add to usability. Possibly the tweak tool is better represented by the finger than the strange wavey tool - but then, it doesn't work quite the same as the finger in GIMP... which is what I would expect - but I guess the functionality is 'similar'. Undecided.
Buttons for node operations are also very unintuitive - old blue buttons was better from an usability point of view - they had a
better
readability.
This is the worst aspect of the new icons in my view. To my eyes it's almost impossible to tell the difference between the symmetric and auto-smooth icons. The visual difference is that the node is round or diamond, but the handles are identical. The icons are small and not very crisp. See attached screen grab...
The pre-set zooms of selection, drawing and page are also hard to distinguish. The identifying icons inside the magnifying glass are so small I actually need to look twice to make sure I'm choosing the right one.
Sorry team - I don't think the icon switch is progress for usability and discoverability. I've filed a bug.
New Icons SUCK!! https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/379641
