I took up the icons idea and created a quick mockup for another flyout with Icons. see second image in:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Requests/User_Interface/BlenderStatisticFlyout Maybe the combination of iconized statistics header with additional info in a flyout window is an interesting alternative ? Merry Christmas, Gaia On 24.12.2012 10:42, Wolter van der Velde wrote: > I also like the icons very much. The first line in the properties window > also contains purely informative icons, they don't provide user > interaction. This works great so i wouldn't call it inconsistent to use > icons in the header. > In my opinion icons are very well suited to give information, as the > saying goes: 'A picture is worth a thousand words'. > And considering the overwhelming positive response this idea has gotten, > which is quite rare because UI tweaks are always highly subjective, i > think this is worth a second look. > > Wolter > > Op 23-12-12 11:35, Ton Roosendaal schreef: >> Hi, >> >> Even though it looks very nice at first sight, I think we should try to keep >> the visual language of a UI consistent. Icons are UI elements, widgets meant >> to provide user interaction with data or tools. >> >> Icons are also little eyecatchers, and should best be silent and consistent >> (and not distract by changing position or shapes all the time). For that >> reason the current text string is nice noise-free. >> >> I can see the issue of improving the way we provide statistics. We also need >> better ways to communicate all kinds of states in Blender (which is >> abusively printed over the 3d window even in cases). >> >> In some other programs, I've seen small statistic panels, that provide a >> useful input for statistic options as well. Might be a better solution to >> explore this. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Ton- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org >> Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands >> >> On 23 Dec, 2012, at 2:02, Harley Acheson wrote: >> >>> Hello again, >>> >>> I have updated the >>> patch<http://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=33573&group_id=9&atid=127>with >>> lots of changes resulting from all the >>> discussions on the BlenderArtists >>> thread<http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?275390-Simplified-Header-Statistics-Display>. >>> The response has been >>> overwhelmingly positive. >>> >>> If you just want a quick peek at what it looks like, the following image >>> shows it off very well: >>> http://projects.blender.org/tracker/download.php/9/127/33573/23279/StatisticsIcons.png >>> >>> Harley >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
