On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 03:28:37PM +0200, Edwin Leuven wrote:
> Martin Vermeer wrote:
> >Ah yes, now I see what is happening. If you put "math" 
> >etc. in the
> >default.ui file, the radio button for every toolbar has 
> >*three* states
> >that it cycles through.
> >
> >Can you say "deceptive, undiscoverable user interface"?
> 
> so do we want the attached?

Slightly better, yes.

My complaint however was about using a radio button
to offer _three_ states to the user. Radio buttons by
definition toggle, i.e., offer _two_ states. The third
state is not readily discoverable, and it took me a while
(having seen many weird ui's in my life).

Additionally it would be good to have a radio button
to turn the auto property on/off for all toolbars. 
Perhaps this should be in Preferences, as that is what
it is.

- Martin


> Index: default.ui
> ===================================================================
> --- default.ui        (revision 17875)
> +++ default.ui        (working copy)
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
>       "view/update" "on,right"
>       "review" "review,top"
>       "table" "table,bottom"
> -     "math_panels" "off,top"
> +     "math_panels" "math,bottom"
>       "math" "math,bottom"
>       "minibuffer" "off,bottom"
>  End

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