On 01/01/15 00:36, Dave F. wrote:
I'm struggling to comprehend how a button to turn off the notes layer,
that's separate (& hidden!) from the only obvious button to turn the
layer on can be described as 'logical' to an experienced user let alone
a newbie..
Well the problem is that what you see as a "button to turn on the notes
layer" is what I see as a "button to add a new note" ;-) That button was
intended to encode the "add a note" action, not the "view notes" action.
If I just wanted to view existing notes I wouldn't use that button, I
would open the layer switcher and turn on the notes layer.
The problem with turning off the notes layer again when the add note
control is disabled is that it might already have been on before you
started adding a note, so we would probably have to remember if we had
turned it on or if it was already on .
Trying to figure out what to do if somebody starts toggling the notes
layers on and off manually while the add note control is active just
introduces even more levels of complication...
By 'we' do you mean the programmers? I hope not. It's not that
complicated! on/off, yes/no, 0/1 binary! It's the DNA of computers!
No I'm not saying the programming is necessary complicated, I'm saying
it's hard to know what the correct behaviour is from a UX point of view.
Tom
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