Hello all, We all know that the major change and addition to the last beta series and release was a new User Interface and customisation.
As a continuation to my "Some thoughts on Customisation" message <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent to this list on April 11th, and as the "expansion" promised when replying to George M. Menegakis' "Is the 'Customiser' design final?" thread started in <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> yesterday, I would like to add a few comments, in no specific order: From my point of view, customisation is achieved in different ways and not just with Customiser. Floating and "draggable" menus and toolbars is one way and that seems to work. Themes is another one. In my opinion, there are too many themes available and, on the contrary, only one set of icons is offered as default and no easy or evident way is offered to use alternative icons. I think the TB should include a few alternative sets and a very easy way to select/change them from "inside TB". Also, selecting different sizes for toolbar and menu icons should easily be possible, also "from inside TB". Would you consider that you are customising your TB when you are selecting font types for folder tree, message list, editor, etc.? I do, and I think that _all_ possible font selections should clearly be offered in a single place. Assigning our preferred keyboard shortcuts is certainly part of customisation. This is, in general, possible in Customise but there are still a few limitations: - No conflicts are checked for and reported. This was possible with Shortcuts editor in previous versions. - Some single characters like Space and Enter cannot be assigned. - AFAIK, there is no way to search for a shortcut (someone mentioned F4 today) and see to what function it is assigned. It is possible and easy to remove entries (options) from menus and toolbars. I have done this with most context menus to 'reduce' them to the options I use most frequently. However, there is no easy way to change the order of entries in menus and toolbars. This list of Available options in the left window of Customise is anything but intuitive. Some names seem quite weird and options are many times difficult to find and/or understand what they mean and do. I think the list of Available Items, similarly to Current Items, should be named to reflect the name of the menus the user sees (Message, Specials, Folder, Account, etc., etc.) and each of these menus include the corresponding expandable submenus. I think this would be much more intuitive for most users. Menu entries can be assigned to toolbars, but there is (currently) no way to assign an icon to it. Proper context should be checked for to allow, or not, some menu or toolbar assignments. For example, what's the benefit of allowing to assign "New Filter" to the main toolbar if it will do nothing unless Sorting Office is open? And if S.O. must be open, what's the use of having this option in main toolbar? That's about all I can think of or remember at the moment, will add more if I do remember later. Anyway, this is enough for me to say that 'Customiser' design is far from being finalised. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v3.5.20 on Windows 2000 5.0 Service Pack 4 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.21 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
