On 10/8/2015 10:36 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote:
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Rick Harrison <harri...@all-auctions.com>
wrote:
I looked at the differences in these inspectors
and I came to the conclusion that the new
version is not an improvement. What was
clear and everyone was used to in the old
version with the words has now been replaced
with smaller icons in the new version.
While I’m sure we will adjust eventually to
the new version, more silly icons isn’t what
we need. The human brain has to do the
translation. I’m sure a text tool tip will magically
appear to tell us what the icon means after
a short delay, (I hope), but it won’t speed
along productivity for anyone.
Rick,
I've actually found the new interface to be much more productive. I always
found that using an option menu to switch property inspector panes was
tedious as it required multiple clicks. Switching around between panes in
the inspector is much quicker now.
I have to mostly agree with Trevor here. The very first property
inspector had tabs for navigating panes and it was much faster and
easier to use. But as new panes were added there was no longer enough
horizontal space so tabs were replaced by the option menu. This has
always been awkward to use and there were some complaints about it at
first. Icons allow us to return to the original quick navigation we used
to have, so I'm in favor of them -- provisionally.
But as Rick said, it's not always easy to identify icons. Tooltips are a
must until we learn what they are. But even better would be icons with
labels, like the IDE toolbar has.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
_______________________________________________
use-livecode mailing list
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription
preferences:
http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
