tbh I'd totally support adding one to pcbnew. On Sep 12, 2016 08:49, "Wayne Stambaugh" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 9/12/2016 6:49 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > Same reason all our other stupid quirks bother me. > > > > KiCad is this: http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyimages/2236.png > > I particularly like the "view master vr slot" option. > > > > > We have a million weird little tacked-on additions that all scratch some > > individual person's tiny itch because they can't be arsed to pull up the > > About box if they want to know which specific version they have > > installed. Any time anyone proposes removing one of these bells or > > whistles, it gets bikeshedded to death by the sort of people who want > > the bikeshed painted orange with glow-in-the-dark green polka dots > > because it's easier for them to find the shed that way. It makes our > > software look unpolished, unprofessional, and cobbled-together. And > > unlike some people, I don't think that's the way open-source software > > has to be. > > > > Is it too much to ask that we pay attention to other people who have > > solved UI problems before us? Trust me, if there were a good reason to > > include version numbers in titles, other applications would do it. At a > > quick check through the other software I have on my system, the only > > other one that does this is Xilinx ISE. ISE's UI reminds me of KiCad in > > other ways, too... > > > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:03:26AM +0200, Nick Østergaard wrote: > >> I quite like it, but I don't have any hard feeling for it. > >> > >> I am not sure why it borthers you. > >> > >> 2016-09-12 1:08 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]>: > >>> Sorry for the delayed response. I was out of town this weekend with > >>> only a cell phone so my motivation to respond to emails was low. I > have > >>> no personal attachment to version strings in the title bar. Very few > >>> applications that I have ever seen include the version in the title > bar. > >>> As a developer, it's nice to see which build I'm using without having > to > >>> open the about box but that's not something I do often. As a user, it > >>> tends to take up quite a bit of title bar space which can be annoying. > >>> Anyone else just got to have the version string in the title bar? > >>> > >>> On 9/9/2016 11:37 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > >>>> Along the lines of the version strings - is anyone particularly > attached > >>>> to having them in the window titles? It's a bit odd, no other > >>>> applications seem to do that. I kinda want to take them out, if just > to > >>>> make things a bit more "normal"... > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> Post to : [email protected] > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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