Kuba,
> OK, so let me state one thing clearly: when I consider Qt port of
> Xcircuit ready, all of the keybindings and UI behaviors of original
> Xcircuit will be preserved, albeit in a non-default preference template.
> They will be clearly marked and available in the Preferences window.
> This will be documented (I plan on an update to the tutorial, perhaps
> in lieu of the New Year party).
All this sounds perfectly good to me. However, if updating the
XCircuit tutorial is better than a New Year's party, it's either a
lousy party, or you're spending way too much time at the computer.
> I think of the following sets of preferences (preference templates):
>
> 1. Xcircuit 3.6 w/3 button mouse
> 2. Xcircuit 3.6 trackpad friendly (drags with button 1 only, button 2
> available for clicks)
> 3. platform HIG (default)
>
> The first two are understood I hope. The third one is set 2 modified to mesh
> with
> the human interface guideline on the platform it's running on. Example:
> Command-Z for Undo and Shift-Command-Z for Redo on a Mac -- every Mac user
> would know those and be more productive from t0.
I'm waiting for the iPad version with the two-finger zoom function. . .
I totally agree with the statement that XCircuit is sub-par in the
useability department (response to a previous email, not cited).
There is some mismatch between functions available from the menu
and those available at a keystroke, and very little documentation
beyond the tutorial to help beginners. The tutorial was my way of
making up for the lack of guidance in the program itself, but even
the tutorial does not completely cover the capabilities of the program,
and could certainly use updating (though not necessarily on New Year's
Eve).
---Tim
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