Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2013-01-04 Thread Gaia
Why is the Memory statistics so important that it has to come first in the row ? I am also not sure about what the 2 memory values mean. I guess it is file size and internal memory usage ? Based on that assumption, what about a small change like this:

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2013-01-04 Thread Ton Roosendaal
Hi, Thanks, that's looking ok to me :) To the people who really like to improve our statistics; a very acceptable way for Blender is to make a special statistics panel - either for the Property sidebar in views (so it can do local stats), or for the property editor itself. It can provide far

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2013-01-04 Thread Gaia
So would you prefer that the statistic information panel is created in an Addon or is the preference to get it programmed in the main blender ? About a statistic panel in the property editor: Would that get its own tab and icon on the property editor header ? Is it possible to add extra tabs

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2013-01-04 Thread Harley Acheson
Why is the Memory statistics so important that it has to come first in the row ? It actually gets greater visual importance if put at the end. But I put in beside the version number because it is global like the version and never shows usage of a single object while editing. And having the

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2013-01-04 Thread CoDEmanX
It shouldn't be a panel that generates stats on every redraw. Campbell: Counting geometry on every redraw (from python), is just too slow and will interfere with workflow on higher poly models. Would suggest to have a tool that is more comprehensive and runs from a menu/button rather then on

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2013-01-03 Thread Harley Acheson
Hello, Since the idea of having icons at that location won't fly, I decided to make a new patch that simply modifies the existing statistics string to incorporate the many lessons learned in this exercise, but without using icons. My goal was to make it simpler, more readable, add new features,

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2013-01-02 Thread CoDEmanX
Am 23.12.2012 19:30, schrieb Tobias Oelgarte: I see this number every time in the splash screen, but more importantly i usually need to know the revision number instead of the version number. I bet most people don't care at all, some do care the version number as they wanna follow a tutorial

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-25 Thread Wolter van der Velde
Ha, i didn't know about the drag and drop thing. I learn something new every day :-) . I did know about the push pin and it indeed should have a border for consistency (though i like it aesthetically better without, but that's very subjective). But despite the drag and drop function, the main

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-25 Thread Harley Acheson
Hello, By the way, the current patch includes two Booleans, showText and showIcon, that could allow the user to choose to show icons, text labels, both, or none. The following image shows what it would look like (in Edit Mode) for each of the four combinations:

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-24 Thread Gaia
I took up the icons idea and created a quick mockup for another flyout with Icons. see second image in: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Requests/User_Interface/BlenderStatisticFlyout Maybe the combination of iconized statistics header with additional info in a flyout window is an

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-24 Thread Sean Olson
I'd love to hear more opinions of top Blender artists on this - Specifically those that have worked on open movies. I feel your opinions carry a lot of weight. I personally also dig the icons and they would be a welcome development in my opinion. Either way, thanks for your work Harley! -Sean

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-23 Thread Ton Roosendaal
Hi, Even though it looks very nice at first sight, I think we should try to keep the visual language of a UI consistent. Icons are UI elements, widgets meant to provide user interaction with data or tools. Icons are also little eyecatchers, and should best be silent and consistent (and not

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-23 Thread Gaia
In march 2012 i made this proposal: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Requests/User_Interface/BlenderStatisticFlyout Maybe something along that line is a possible option ? cheers, Gaia On 23.12.2012 11:35, Ton Roosendaal wrote: Hi, Even though it looks very nice at first sight, I

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-23 Thread Tobias Oelgarte
Hi, As long icons aren't disturbing, for example extremely colorful, i prefer them often over text. So i would propose to use some more plain looking icons, even so this icons are already quite plain. The blender icon itself could be deemed as more disturbing and it displays are rather

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-23 Thread Ejner Fergo
Hola, I must admit I also had mixed feelings when seeing this proposal, especially with bright and distracting icons, but after using the latest version for a while I think it is very nice. I don't mistake the new icons for buttons now that they are toned down, and it is not distracting like I

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-23 Thread Harley Acheson
Hi, One change in the patch that has nothing to do with icons is interesting. It shows the selected number only if it is not zero or equal to the total number. So for example, if you if you have all vertices selected (or none) it only shows you the total vertices. This might not *sound* like a

Re: [Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-22 Thread Harley Acheson
Hello again, I have updated the patchhttp://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=33573group_id=9atid=127with lots of changes resulting from all the discussions on the BlenderArtists threadhttp://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?275390-Simplified-Header-Statistics-Display.

[Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

2012-12-17 Thread Harley Acheson
Hello, I added an experimental patchhttp://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=33573group_id=9atid=127 to the tracker that greatly simplifies the display of statistics in the Info header, mostly by using icons. I started a thread at BlenderArtists to gauge opinion and so far