Joshua Facemyer <jfacemyer@...360...> writes:
I wish to strongly disagree about combining the fill and stroke dialogs. I recently started to use a "professional" proprietary software suite for a new job (no choice for me) and have had to learn the interface, some elements which this mockup is trying to imitate.
I absolutely despise the fill/stroke switcher concept. Fill and stroke, while similar, are two entirely separate things. I don't think it makes any sense for them to share the same space.
In terms of sheer interaction design, if we *only* look at the fill color and stroke color tabs, the adobe-type switcher and the tabs are not that different. both take one click to switch between the two modes. Both can't let you edit the two properties at once. The tabs have the advantage of being familiar and more obvious to beginners, and it is easier for you to see whether you are editing fill or stroke - the adobe switcher can get you to make mistake now and then. The advantage of the adobe switcher is that the switcher itself is also a color indicator, and it provides a somewhat bigger target for the cursor. But all in all I don't think one option has a very big advantage over the other. It is perfectly reasonable to keep the tab-style switching with those two.
That said, the stroke *style* tab is a different matter. It is always better to have as much of the interface available at the same time. If it is somehow possible to make the stroke style properties - or at least the most common (width and dash) visible at all times without increasing the panel size - I think that would be a great improvement.