On 1/4/06, Joshua A. Andler <joshua@...533...> wrote:
It ties into the argument I had originally that some people think relationally (unit-wise) to whatever they're working with. If one is working in inches, centimeters, or pixels, it helps to have every thing that deals with units (in general) work in a uniform manner. If I have my document set to inches, grid set to inches, can use the transform dialog with inches, and (as it ties to the document-wide unit) my rulers show inches as well... doesn't it make sense to have inches available for snapping (especially with the new snapping types)?
To me, not at all. I think specifying snap sensitivity in document units makes about as much sense as specifying the size of the mouse cursor in document units, so it changes on zoom :)
However, we respected your request, and Ralph added that switch. (Even though I think you were the only one who insisted on that; many other people also initially requested that, but backed out after I explained the difference between grid spacing and snap sensitivity.)
And for the record, I do agree that your workforce is probably much better spent on bug fixing or whatever else YOU want to work on rather than infinitely tweaking this dialog. If there isn't great opposition, I will look into replacing 'absolute pixel' with the absolute unit combobox (based on my reasoning above). Will people please chime in? I will not make this change if it isn't wanted, but it just seems to make sense to me and a few friends of mine who aren't on the list.
Perfectly OK with me (if Ralf does not object).
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