On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:44 AM, John Sparrow <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been playing with the v1.9 beta released a few days ago. As always I’d > like to thank everyone who donates their time to this great project! > > However, I am a little concerned about the current workbench layout (is it > finalised?). For me the strength in a GUI is simplicity, and for version > control I would hold TSVN up as a great example. Most windows are simple, > task orientated and easy to learn. That is not to say many windows can’t be > folded together (I’ve always thought in Thg that commit, status, shelve etc > could be folded into a single window). > > To me, the workbench currently seems cluttered and intimidating. There are > too many controls and performing simple tasks is sometimes unclear. I’m > concerned this may act as a barrier to entry for new users. After all, our > main selling point over Git is probably “more straight-forward, easier to > learn”. While in v1.x it is possible to de-clutter the screens easily enough > using the options, the fundamental premise of v2 seems to require more > careful usability planning. > > Just as a trivial example (I haven’t spent a lot of time formulating how to > simplify the UI) – why make the filter bar visible the whole time? Why is > this even an option, surely we can all do CTRL-F when we need to find > something (or use a button) instead of cluttering up the screen?
There's no compelling reason for the filter bar to not be closable, but CTRL-F is already used for a text search bar in many of the task bars. > I know aesthetics are very subjective, and maybe I’m 100% off here. I would > just be concerned that many big Hg/THg users won’t even try the new UI until > it’s released, and then it will be very frustrating to unwind a lot of this. > > Can I just clarify, how would the workbench typically be used? Is a typical > scenario that we leave it open all the time, going to the commit pane when we > need to commit etc? But basically replacing Windows Explorer as an entry > point? The goal is for all of the features to be available from a single application, so it can be used that way. While a la carte operations are still available from the explorer shell. -- Steve Borho ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What happens now with your Lotus Notes apps - do you make another costly upgrade, or settle for being marooned without product support? Time to move off Lotus Notes and onto the cloud with Force.com, apps are easier to build, use, and manage than apps on traditional platforms. Sign up for the Lotus Notes Migration Kit to learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/salesforce-d2d _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss
