Denis Auroux twisted the bytes to say:
Denis> On 11/22/2013 06:05 PM, D M German wrote: >> Denis> So: while I'm aware this sort of UI makes perfect sense for mouse-based Denis> computing, the hybrid nature of xournal makes it necessary in my mind to Denis> refrain from overloading features with modifiers activated by changing Denis> the button or pressing a modifier keyboard key. >> >> What about using Shift? This is a feature sometimes I would really like >> to have. Alternatively, and to fully support pen-based, an selectable >> option to maintain aspect ratio would be the way to do it. Maybe both? Denis> Shift or control is not too pen-friendly and therefore probably not Denis> the best way to proceed, but at least it doesn't break things for pen Denis> users in the manner that left vs right click would, so if someone Denis> wants to implement it that way, fine by me. Denis> Perhaps better: one could also look into making things Denis> automagical. One would then have a config option (in config file and Denis> perhaps in the menus) which, when enabled, would not force all aspect Denis> ratios to be preserved, but rather would make it easy to preserve Denis> aspect ratio if it looks like what the user is trying to do. What I Denis> mean is that the resize rectangle would visually "snap" to an Denis> aspect-ratio-preserving rectangle if one is dragging a corner rather Denis> than an edge *and* the aspect ratio is not too far from being Denis> preserved (by how much? perhaps within 15% + 10 pixels of 1:1 aspect, Denis> or some other amount of error margin to be determined by trial and Denis> error); and it varies freely otherwise. The user would get clear Denis> visual feedback about what is happening by watching the resized Denis> selection rectangle's corner fail to follow the cursor when things are Denis> snapping. this is a very good idea and easier to implement than a more dedicated feature, since all it needs is a: - a variable or two holding the snap tolerance (they can be part of the config file) - a flag for the automatical feature - When the new size is calculated, the option is checked, if true, check the tolerance, if true, then resize. the question is coordinate do we force: horizontal or vertical? --dmg Denis> I think from an UI perspective this may be better, and wouldn't Denis> require the user to learn a shift-click combination (or guess that a Denis> different mouse button does something special). Denis> Denis Denis> -- Denis> Denis Auroux aur...@math.berkeley.edu Denis> University of California, Berkeley Tel: 510-642-4367 Denis> Department of Mathematics Fax: 510-642-8204 Denis> 817 Evans Hall # 3840 Denis> Berkeley, CA 94720-3840 -- Daniel M. German "When you start lost, Orson Scott Card -> it is difficult to get loster." http://turingmachine.org/ http://silvernegative.com/ dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Xournal-devel mailing list Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel
