Thanks! We keep trying to make it better. Glad that you think we are succeeding with this.
Michael On 6/5/07 4:32 AM, "M S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a users's opinion for what it is worth... =D > > I really like the GUI setup for GRASS under GIS.M. It is very intuitive and > the non-modal windows are *awesome*. truely lets one multi-task while > GRASSing. Great improvement over the previous GUI. that output manager is > sweet too! Plus the menus can be undocked. Compariing to it to that *other* > software company that is so prevalent in the US, GRASS is more logically > organized (even for those of us across the great blue sea! =D in their > "toolbox" there are so many eye-candy widgets that one often finds them self > searching for the tool in the "help" because it takes so much time to root > throgh the unclearly organized "toolbox". > > GRASS is wonderful. I have been using it for many years now learning and > light use. Now that I am using it extensively I have really come to > appreciate the rich features, great interface and reliability. > > All the developers have really built a great GIS. Keep up the great work. > It is enjoyed by many. > > Mark > > On 6/5/07, Hamish < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: >> Michael Barton wrote: >>> > >>> > That said, it could be convenient to attach/dock a map display to the >>> > layer manager, in order to move them around together. I'm looking into >>> > a way to do that. May or may not be possible. >> >> if this is possible, it would make both camps happy. >> >> another way too gee-whiz eye candy solution is a pop-down semi- >> transparent heads-up-display overlay in the display window. ;) >> >>> > This is not referring to the properties dialogs for each GRASS >>> > command. These are unavoidable if you want to run the command, but can >>> > be closed to clean up the screen. Press OK instead of Apply and the >>> > window goes away. Grouping them into a single MDI wouldn't make them >>> > any easier to work with or less cluttered. Hamish has suggested making >>> > them modal by default, with the option of keeping them open if you >>> > want via a checkbox. This sort of forces you to keep your screen clean >>> > unless you really want to do otherwise. >> >> Ah, I didn't know about [Ok] and [Apply] for the module GUIs. That's a >> lot clearer than a "keep alive" checkbox, and obviates the need. >> Generally I think that Apply buttons are not that useful, but they could >> do a very nice job here. >> >> >> >> Hamish >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grassuser mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser >> > __________________________________________ Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology School of Human Evolution & Social Change Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity Arizona State University phone: 480-965-6213 fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
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