We could also write about this in the release notes. Den 31. dec. 2017 15.06 skrev "Jon Evans" <cdaw...@gmail.com>:
> On modern computers, the OpenGL canvas offers by far the best experience > for users. Until we have the code in place to be able to default to OpenGL > and safely / neatly fall back to Cairo if it doesn't work, I think there is > value in telling new users (once) about the fact that they can switch to GL > for better performance. > > What I propose to implement is a dialog that appears if a certain (new) > setting in the configuration file is missing and the current canvas is not > OpenGL. When it appears, it will set this value, so will only appear once. > > Jon > > On Dec 31, 2017 09:02, "Kristoffer Ödmark" <kristofferodmar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> My personal preference would be to show the nag-dialog only if the user >> has upgraded from a previous version of kicad, and only once. >> >> New users wouldnt have to be informed, and if possible fallback a >> fallback to the cairo solution instead of falling back to legacy might be >> tempting. >> >> Could maybe the configuration files be used for this, maybe insert a >> kicad version or something? >> >> -Kristoffer >> >> On 12/31/2017 02:48 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> >>> I spite of my disdain for nagware, I'll tolerate this under the >>> following conditions: >>> >>> The current canvas is not already on one of the gal canvases. If the >>> user is already using a gal canvas, a dialog to inform the user about >>> the gal canvas is silly. >>> >>> It's a one shot dialog that never appears again. >>> >>> If the gal canvas crashes, the user isn't going to have to manually edit >>> a configuration file to restore the legacy canvas. This requirement may >>> prevent us from setting the opengl canvas as the default so the solution >>> may not be as easy as it seems. >>> >>> On 12/31/2017 07:34 AM, Jeff Young wrote: >>> >>>> +1 to the startup dialog idea. >>>> >>>> I think we also need to set reasonable transparencies in the layers so >>>> that it looks more like the default legacy canvas. >>>> >>> >>> I don' think this is necessary given that the gal canvas layer colors >>> and transparencies are completely user configurable but I'm not opposed >>> to a default layer color/transparency configuration that looks more like >>> the legacy canvas. >>> >>> >>>> On 31 Dec 2017, at 10:09, Clemens Koller <c...@embeon.de> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 2017-12-31 03:53, Jon Evans wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I know this would be work for someone to do and maybe I'd offer to do >>>>>> it if the project leaders approve... >>>>>> What about a one-time pop-up when first installing a release 5.0 that >>>>>> appears if the config says the user was using legacy canvas, telling them >>>>>> about how to switch and that they should check it out? >>>>>> >>>>>> -Jon >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> An initial start-up dialog to setup the "users default" after a first >>>>> install or after a "reset Kicad to defaults, as I messed something up I >>>>> don't remember" seems very helpful to me. If OpenGL might still crash in >>>>> rare cases, warn the user in advance and explain, how he can safely step >>>>> back from using OpenGL in case it doesn't work and how to file a bug >>>>> report... >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Clemens >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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