Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Squash, stretch and rotate stamps; Stamp category switcher

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 07:58:53PM -0500, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> >   * Click CW/CCW to rotate it
> 
> By how much?
> 
> There is something to be said for 45-degree increments.
> The square root of two is nearly 1.5, leading to a nice
> and fast way to scale.
> 
> 15 degrees is what the gimp uses. That could amount to
> lots and lots of clicking.

Another idea is a clock-shaped interface, where you move a little
hour-hand/arrow around to tell Tux Paint how much to rotate.

Yeah... scary :)


> Since the scroll buttons can't go to the left and right of the
> stamp display, there is a UI problem. In all other cases the
> scroll buttons go on opposite sides of the data being scrolled.
> The stamp display would violate this for horizontal scrolling.

Yeah, I suppose that's an issue, but I guess it's also a kind of
'turning the page' concept, versus 'scrolling through a list.'
Well... arguably it is.  No?  Damn. :)


> Switching the whole Tux Paint UI to be NeXT-like might be
> a reasonable fix. (scroll buttons sit next to each other, with
> the 2-D one for stamps having four)

Eek. :)


> > Comments?
> 
> That seems decent.
> 
> (OK, it sucks, but it's the best idea so far)

:)

-bill!