On 1/29/07, bulia byak <buliabyak@...155...> wrote:
On 1/29/07, jmak <jozmak@...155...> wrote:
Not at all. It doesn't follow. If a user is "advanced" it does not mean he will always choose the most "advanced" way to do what he needs to be done. He would likely prefer the most _convenient_ way instead. And for a subset of layer operations, the statusbar widget is often more convenient simply because it's always there in the predictable place.
How do you know that this is the way professionals work? Have you ever worked in a graphic agency or some similar place? Have you ever worked under pressure when the client is panting behind your back and constantly complaining and whatever you are doing he always wants something different. Because this is how the real work environment look like. In this environment to survive the product you are using should be virtually invisible, completely out of the way, I mean it should be so smooth so natural that you shouldn't even notice it. This is why the interface is so important in a professional work.
This seems to add very little to the discussion. Sorry but I don't see how what you say contradicts what I said (and what you quoted). Do you have any _specific_ counterarguments, apart from a "professionals know better" rant?
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I wrote this because, you tried to justify the presence of the layer palette on the basis on an imaginary description of the professional user way of working. By the way, this is not a rant just an honest attempt to try to help improving inkscape.