Hi, bill...@me.com (2010-03-17 at 1816.35 +0100): > So, the concept we talked about back then was to make sure the user > is always presented with these controls, even if the toolbar is > hidden, but keep the non-blocking aspect. One way to do this would > be to open a floating panel, much like 2.49, which would > automatically appear whenever the user enables a new tool, but only > if the toolbar is closed. That way the user always has access to > these vital controls while always optimizing to screen space. > Here's a mockup to illustrate: > http://www.reynish.com/files/blender25/tweak_operator.png
The only difference with popups is that they require big mouse move to be reached (instead of appearing near/under cursor, fastest by Fitt's law) and precise click for closing (instead of shake your mouse, like a throw away gesture). And vs the toolbar, that it uses only part of the side and appears and vanishes automatically. I start to wonder if popups were not so bad after all, but I can be sure I am not the only that never had issues with popups, but dislike extra scrolling and clicking, otherwise this thread would had not started. GSR _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers