On Wednesday 26 January 2005 23:39, John Kershaw wrote: > At 11:11 pm +0100 26/1/05, Craig Bradney wrote: > >You have a context menu.. Ok it should be in the item menu, but a context > > menu is more intuitive and takes less time. > > We disagree.
Mac / Windows person :) :) In the land of OO interfaces, like where I come from.. OS/2.. context sensitivity is everything.. everything right where you need it. > >Tools->Scrapbook. Theres no space around the pages in 1.2.x to use as > > scratch space. > > There's plenty of space. It's just greyed out. Page layout is about > fitting a bunch of objects into a page-sized space. When the page is > finished, all the space is used up (white space notwithstanding). So > when you start, it stands to reason you need space to put all the > bits in, in a spatially compatible fashion. When you do a jigsaw you > can: > > a) leave all the pieces in the box til you need em > > b) put all the pieces in the middle of the table and try to 'work around > them' > > c) spread the pieces around the outside of the jigsaw area and them > into position as required > > I think most jigsaw and DTP fans would go for c) C) is possible in 1.3 > >Its actually request a lot less than you would think. > > Then you have a lot of techies using Scribus. Techies know where they > want to put the object before they create it. Designers... (don't get > me started on designers...) move and tinker, and try this idea, no, > go back and try it there, maybe here... Some of us are designers too you know.. > >However .. wait until > >1.3.0 is released :) > > What's the time frame on that? 1.3.x will be a developers series, 1.3.0.. when its done, but probably within a month. We have some major things going on to get cleaned and stable before we release. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20050126/f0653d47/attachment.pgp
