Hello, I have exactly the same position as Andreas!
Y. Le lundi 16 avril 2012 12:03:38, Andreas Neumann a écrit : > ok - I am not strongly against it. It really depends on the map scale > and projections one is working at. I only use one projection and very > large scales (street or community level). I usually print north arrow > and scalebar on the print layout. On the main QGIS screen they usually > get in my way. But I can always override the setting - so not a problem. > > Andreas > > On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:20:17 +0200, MORREALE Jean Roc wrote: > > In my experience, new users are quite fond of having them : > > - the north, so then they realize that their data isn't projected > > correctly > > - the graphic scale, because they can't figure a number but can > > relate to a line (and use their thumb to compare (not a joke)) > > > > Le 16/04/2012 11:11, Andreas Neumann a écrit : > >> Hi, > >> > >> I agree with all of your ideas, except for adding the north icon and > >> the > >> scalebar by default. The map always points north in QGIS, so why the > >> arrow? Also, the map scale is already in the status bar, so why the > >> double information? > >> > >> All other suggestions make sense to me. > >> > >> I would also add the following default settings: > >> > >> Tab Map Tools: > >> - mode: Top down, stop at first hit > >> - checkbox enabled for "open object form if only a single result > >> ..." > >> > >> Andreas > >> > >> On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:05:01 +0200, MORREALE Jean Roc wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Would it be possible to change the default parameters of QGIS ? For > >>> now a new user gets all the tool bars on the first launch and most > >>> of > >>> the tools are not visible. Some such as advanced digitizing, grass, > >>> overview should be off by default. The others should be spread out, > >>> for example the navigation bar could be set on one side of the > >>> application. > >>> > >>> Somme other changes could be : > >>> > >>> - to activate the north icon and the scale bar for the canevas > >>> - to add a default 10 pixel radius for snapping tolerance and > >>> vertex edit > >>> - activate "show makers only for selected features" > >>> - switch to "zoom to mouse cursor" to have the same behavior than > >>> most of the web-mapping tools > >>> > >>> These changes would make the software less frightening, less > >>> cluttered for newcomers. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> MORREALE Jean-Roc > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- Yves Jacolin _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
