On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Vivian Meazza <wrote: > I'll merge it into git. Perhaps there will be some further comments, or > suggestions for improvements then.
In general, this looks good. Thanks very much for taking some time to improve the menu structure. It's very easy for those of us who have used FG for years to take for granted the GUI structure and not to think about it from a new users perspective. One immediate comment - I'd suggest renaming the "General" menu back to "File". While I can see why "File" isn't a logical menu name if you are starting from a completely clear slate and none of the users have used a GUI before, most users are now very used to the File menu being in the top left from experience with other applications, and for it to contain some slightly odd non-file related menu items, e.g. Quit. It's been a while since I did some Human Factors work, but I do recall that one important principle is to provide users with what they expect based on their previous experience. Furthermore, I don't think "General" provides a good description of the menu item itself. For exampleif I was looking for the Print Screen command, I'm not sure I'd look in "General". I'd probably look under a File menu first, and then possibly View. One small thought - it might be worth indicating those menu items that launch a dialog with a "..." suffix. I've no idea if that would look any good or not - the vast majority of our menu items launch dialogs. -Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
