Hi, On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 19:02, Jo-Erlend Schinstad < joerlend.schins...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please look at this screenshot: http://ubuntuone.com/** > 501RQqrOW1fh89fsIWhx4z <http://ubuntuone.com/501RQqrOW1fh89fsIWhx4z> > > When accessing deep command structures (previously known as menus :)), > most of the information in HUD is repeated many times. This creates > unnecessary clutter. > > It would be better to display the submenu as a header and then only lists > the menu items under that header. I'm not a great Gimp artist, so I'll use > text to illustrate how I think it should be, compared to what you see in > the screenshot. [more encodings] represents the search field with input. > > Current: > > [more encodings] > View > Character Encodings > More Encodings > User Defined > View > Character Encodings > More Encodings > Unicode (UTF-16) > View > Character Encodings > More Encodings > Middle Eastern > View > Character Encodings > More Encodings > SE & SW Asian > View > Character Encodings > More Encodings > East Asian > > > My proposal: > > [more encodings] > View > Character Encodings > More Encodings (Non-clickable) > User Defined > Unicode (UTF-16) > Middle Eastern > SE & SW Asian > East Asian > > > Of course, this was just a quick example I found in the application I was > currently using. (Thunderbird) I can imagine scenarios where you have much > deeper hierarchies. In those cases, the actual command might have to be > shortened because the path is too long. But the command is more important > than the path leading to it. I think that needs consideration as a pure > usability issue. > > In any case, I think this would be cleaner than repeating the entire path > over and over. > > Thoughts? yes, that's basically how constructing software works. You build something that "works", then you start cleaning up the clutter. Good suggestion, imo!
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