On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 05:11:33PM -0400, bulia byak wrote:
On 1/30/07, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> wrote:
You know, it occurs to me that the status messages and the layer dropdown may cater to different crowds. Being able to read the status messages clearly is something novice users need the most. The layer dropdown is something experienced users are after.
Not at all. Education is only one of the functions of the statusbar tips. Much more important is the informational function: how many objects/nodes selected, of what kinds etc. I for one would feel suddenly blind and disabled without this information, even more than I would without the layers widget.
Evidently you've misread what I wrote. No where did I suggest removing the statusbar tips. What I said was that for novice users the status message is doubly important, so giving additional room for it would be even more important. For more advanced users, the current layout where the statusbar makes room for additional widgets like the layer dropdown would be preferred.
Bryce