On Friday 14 October 2005 13:27, Tino Schwarze wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 09:52:18AM +0100, Benjamin Green wrote: > > >>>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. > > > > > >150 % agreed :-) > > Me too!!1 > > > >The eye having to travel up and down across the dialog to find the next > > >subject is a bit ridiculous after some time. I cannot get used to know > > >by heart where the next item will be. It would be much more practical to > > >have them all collected at one place. Why not choose ordinary tabs like > > >in so many programs, all aligned at the top of the dialogs? > > > > > >And I would regret very much the palette being distributed to a number > > >of single palettes. > > > > Agree also, the new palette is pretty but not as easy to use. Tabs are > > the way. > > > > As for the palette being split up I am not sure, but I certainly really > > like the current set up, properties for each item appear as they are > > relevant, it's great. For example, the 'edit shape' button on the 'shape' > > dialog launches another window of controls, so long as these are well > > chosen, which in this case they are, that fine. > > > > The gimp of course has 'tabs' of a sort that can be compiled into your > > own custom menus, whereas with all other apps I can think of, one is at > > the mercy of the coder / GUI designer. > > I like the GIMP approach very much. A default "Properties palette" could > be provided which looks like the current one. "Advanced" users may have > more dialogs and distribute tabs as they like. The GIMP UI is also very > easy to handle - just drag and drop as you like. In contrast to GIMP the > MDI model could be utilized - tabs might be docked in the main window > and become part of it. I currently have my Scribus window take 80% of > my screen's width and the dialogs cover the rest - this wastes some > screen space for window decorations. > > This way, I can even temporarily organize my windows to speed up the > workflow.
Our plans were leading somewhere towards what Gimp has, allowing tabbed toolbars that you can group yourself. 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/20051014/ce4832fd/attachment.pgp
