I'm also in favor of this option. The solution for an UI that is guessing wrong what you want is an option to turn on Auto-Orthographic in the Preferences, then the UI won't even have to guess. The description of the function could be "The view will change to Orthographic when using Alt-MMB view snap."
For the argument that too much settings in the Preferences can be a bad thing - from what I observed, 3d users prefer customizability to having simple program Preferences, due to the impact of such tweaks as the one discussed on one's workflow. Regards Paweł Łyczkowski 2014-05-07 10:59 GMT+02:00 Ton Roosendaal<ton at blender.org <http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers>>: > Hi, > > IMHO auto-ortho or auto-persp are hacks. UIs should not try to think for > users or anticipate on what you think might be expected. Keep things simple > and atomic and in control. If that means you sometimes have to press an > extra key that's at least predictable, and much less irritating than a UI > that suddenly thinks you want something - whilst you didn't want it. > > -Ton- > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Ton Roosendaal -ton at blender.org > <http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers> - > www.blender.org > Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute > Entrepotdok 57A - 1018AD Amsterdam - The Netherlands > > > > On 6 May, 2014, at 21:51, Hadrien Brissaud wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I have a small usability suggestion, but first of all I'd like to know > > where the best place for suggestions would be. It's not the first time I > > write to BF-committers and each time I feel like I'm a bit out of place. > > BF-funboard doesn't seem to get a lot of attention (understandably, not > > complaining here) and I heard developer.blender.org had a place for > > suggestions, which I couldn't find. > > > > While I'm here though, I might as well write it ? It's pretty > > straightforward anyway : > > I'd like to suggest a "auto ortho" option in addition to the "auto > > perspective" one. What it would do is basically the opposite of "auto > > perspective", id est switch to ortho view when snapping to an axis with > > alt+MMB. > > > > I know everyone is busy and this mailing list is for discussing commits > so > > please redirect me to a more appropriate place for suggestions if there > is > > one. > > > > Good night, > > > > Hadrien > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > Bf-committers at blender.org > <http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers> > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers at blender.org > <http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers> > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
