> > But it still could - > the only difference would be the state of the checkbox - without a > separate menu item.
You mean bringing up the open dialog with 'as layers' checked with a different shortcut? It seems unorthodox, but maybe worth a try. So we'd have Create->From URI next to Create->From Webpage??? I don't seem to have the Create>From Webpage. Its a plug-in? File->Create makes sense for Buttons and Logos, but not for URI, clipboard, screenshot, scan etc. Can these be united in one category for the menu? But all I really care about is having > something predictable, where I can look at the menu and guess what > things do I can relate to this. Perhaps you should use Tito ;) On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Liam R E Quin <l...@holoweb.net> wrote: > On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 10:01 +0530, Srihari Sriraman wrote: > > IMHO a tabbed interface would be add to the confusion. > > You're probably right, the idea is try to simplify. > > > Open as Layers is a powerful and frequent user scenario. > > Yes, I use it a lot. Not suggesting removing it, only moving it, as it's > really an option on file->open. Which should be file->import: > compromising the metaphor for ease of use indicates the metaphor isn't > right. > > > Ctrl+O is something everyone is used to, and its easy to catch the > > Ctrl+Alt+O behaviour. > Actually I'd never noticed it had that shortcut. But it still could - > the only difference would be the state of the checkbox - without a > separate menu item. > > > I think Open Location could be moved to Create>From URI along with > > Create>From Clipboard. Then we would have only 2 open dialogs, which is > > quite clear. > > So we'd have Create->From URI next to Create->From Webpage??? > > > > > Another thought could be moving the first half of File>Create [Clipboard, > > Screenshot] etc somewhere else. Since these don't really 'create' > > something, in contrast with the rest of File>Create [Buttons, logos, > etc]. > > I have under File->Create > from clipboard > from webpage > screenshot > xsane device dialog > xsane epkowa:usb:003:002 > xsane v4l:'dev'video0 > > Sometimes I get epson expression 1000 XL in there too. > > In every other program scanning is under file->acquire, which is badly > named but at least predictable. But all I really care about is having > something predictable, where I can look at the menu and guess what > things do. Having file->open and fil->create is confusing and so is > having both open location and open webpage. > > So I thought I'd try & start a conversation about it :) > > Liam > > -- > Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ > Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ > Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml > > -- * * *Regards, * *Srihari Sriraman *
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