Error messages and warnings in the status bar are incredibly easy to ignore... I would suggest something like pixelmator [screen capture]<http://cl.ly/3D16450D2W2k2H2J042I>, which displays overlays on the canvas [here shown with keyboard shortcuts, but the same model can be applied to other notifications]. Displaying information with on-canvas pop-ups like this works well in my experience, as they don't waste any screen space while being there when needed. Example of a pop-up used for dimensions <http://cl.ly/2N3O141d3u3h1U3M1B40>.
Just throwing that out there as a possible method I've seen used to solve the aforementioned problems. Thoughts? On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've just noticed yet another forum thread where someone asks a > question in the lines of "why does it not work?" and gets a reply > "image / mode / rgb". > > It pops up so frequentrly that maybe we need some sort of a clever > notification/indication throughout the application about such things? > Not sure how it's going to make sense in GEGL-based GIMP where there > will be no indexed mode, though. > > That, however, raises another question: we currently rely a lot on the > status bar and the sidebar for various hints (e.g. "this rectangular > selection you are making is that wide and that high" or "pick the > original sample for the clone tool, stupid"). The problem is: if we > are targeting professionals, then we are targeting people with large > displays. Judging by my own experience, the last thing you want to do > on with regards to a 24" is losing focus on canvas and making your > eyes travel up/down and sideways. > > Earlier in this dev cycle mitch introduced a new on-canvas indicator > for transformation tools which is an improvement at cost of "friggin > stop that operation" button functionality. But do we have a grand > UI/UX plan and on that and the misterious "big picture" of what we > intend to do? > > Alexandre Prokoudine > http://libregraphicsworld.org > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list >
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