On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Maria Gouskova <gousk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had to do a bit of research just now to figure out what things used to > look like vs. how they look now. > > By default, the first thing you see on a Mac now (this is 10.8 for sure > but also 10.10, I think? can't remember my office Mac's OS version): > [image: Inline image 1] > > The "Search Citation" field is hidden from view, where before it was open > on first view. It still is on my not-yet-upgraded Linux machine. > > The "Formatting" options were hidden in the older view until a citation > was selected. They are open by default now, but I think that's a little > misleading since one should not want to or be able to format a citation > when none are selected yet. > > The other misleading thing about the current GUI dialog is that the one > field that's visible and looks like it could be typed in is the citation > preview field. > > Maria > P.S. on the extra clicks issue--on Linux at least, and I think it used to be that way in the previous Mac OS versions, one could get to the Search field by hitting the Tab key. The new GUI requires a mouse click on the Search tab. Maria > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 2:06 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote: > >> Am Dienstag, den 06.09.2016, 23:56 -0600 schrieb Joel Kulesza: >> > In the meantime, I'm interested in any thoughts you have on my other >> > points. >> >> As I wrote, I think it is important that the dialogs work on all >> current screens, and in general, I think 800x600 is still a good >> maximum for dialogs. >> >> As to scrollbars, I don't think this is a good idea. This is not usable >> without the mouse (and I doubt it can be elegantly done with Qt). >> >> When I did the redesign, I really tried several options. It was _not_ >> possible to design a dialog of the proper size without using a >> pane/tabbar or toolbox. I selected the latter, since it is the most >> space-saving option and it does not introduce any extra-clicks. >> >> Of course any redesign is annoying since you have to get used to the >> new UI, but we have to make the dialogs work for everybody. >> >> Any points I missed? >> >> Jürgen > > >
