Gustavo Homem wrote: >On Friday 14 October 2005 01:49, Christoph Sch?fer wrote: > > >>Hi all, >> >>In an answer to Karl Sinn, Craig Bradney wrote: >> >> >>>No, its an issue with the current tabs implementation of the 1.3.0 >>>properties palette. We have plans to split the palette so we are looking >>>to fix up other things first. >>> >>> >>Hmmm, what does that mean? Do you really plan to remove one of the most >>appealing features of Scribus? I don't know how others feel about it, >>but at least to me the properties palette is one of the "killer >>features" of Scribus, some kind of powerful "command centre" for page >>items/frames. From a usability point of view, I think one of the >>advantages of Scribus is the combining of related features in one place >>(preferences, context menu, properties palette), which is a stark (and >>very welcome) contrast to software like QuarkXPress, where features are >>spread all over the GUI. >> >>And while I am at it: In case the properties palette can be saved, I >>would like to suggest getting somehow back to the layout as it is in >>1.2x with the respective items (X,Y,Z, Text etc.) on top of the palette. >>This is much more effective and user friendly than the current layout, >>at least in my personal view. >> >> >> > >I agree, that the way it was on 1.2.x seems to be faster to use. Also I am >worried about the splitting of the pallete. Won't this cause too many windows >at once ? Or too much open/close actions to have fewer windows ? > > When I did my presentation on Scribus at my LUG I dubbed the properties palette, "your best friend." I love the thing.
>Best regards >Gustavo > > >
