On 03/06/06, Spyros Blanas <sblanas@...400...> wrote:
Ted Gould wrote:
On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 12:20 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
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IMHO, this has gone too far. I mean, 20+ messages for what? For an "s"?
Yes and no. Whilst I am sympathetic to your point of view, and had thought of posting on the same lines, the fact is that this sort of discussion is very necessary: Think of it as a form of calibrating one's compass before going on a long march.
FWIW, I suspect that we may have to ask the parties who hold strong views, such as Alan, the Drivers such as Bulia and the Translators to give us pros and cons for two basic alternatives:
A. We agree that the present name "Effects" is wrong, but delivering Effects "On" in version 0.44 is so important that we will use this name (perhaps merely as a placeholder) and fix the UI in the next release.
B. We agree that a coherent UI is so important that we will leave Effects "Off" in version 0.44 and turn them on by default when the UI is fit for public use.
(Apologies if this offends anyone identifiable above, and apologies if I missed off the name of anyone whose name I should have included).
Whilst I do have a view on this, which I will state if asked, personally I feel that UI is very, very important for Inkscape and we should either a) 'get it right', b) make it plastic - modifiable in later versions or c) state clearly that it highly subject to change over the next 55 releases (which is what I mean by public use).
Your idea is a good one, and I would encourage you to provide it, but please note that a UI that needs to be set by the end user is not one I would propose unless your users are emacs/Lisp aficionados.
Ben.