Re: [Fwbuilder-discussion] RFC: New GUI design
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From: Vadim K. <va...@vk...> - 2004-06-04 17:45:43
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On Jun 4, 2004, at 10:04 AM, dum...@gm... wrote: > Guten Tag Vadim Kurland, > > > Mhh i don't think that is the right way. The folder thing is very easy > to navigate and you can easily jump using the keyboard. But let's here > what all the others say. A more effective thing would be one global > group with all objects added to them so no more need for changing > libraries or let the others libraries there and just add a merged view > of all libraries this would do fine. > your point about keyboard navigation is well taken. I do not know what are the standard navigation keys for the folding panels. Could anyone who uses an application with similar design on Windows comment ? The problem with a single global group with all objects added to it is that it becomes a dumpster. It is going to be huge and it will be difficult to find anything in it. The whole purpose of organizing information is to make it easier to navigate, but putting all objects in one group works against this goal. another idea I had is to create an "often used objects" panel. You would drag objects you use the most into this panel, even objects or groups of objects from different libraries. The panel would hold references to objects and would be saved in the data file so it would persist across different sessions. This seems to be a good middle ground because 1) it does not enforce UI model on the user, if you do not want to dump all the objects into this panel, you don't have to do it, and 2) if you really want it that way, you can do it. --vk |