So, ok, I committed the fix, but I'm not comfortable with it. Please see the ticked and test the change.
http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1742#comment:17 On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Vaclav Petras <wenzesl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, moving the menu discussion to the ticked: > > http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/1742#comment:16 > > > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:47 AM, Hamish <hamis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Vaclav wrote: >> >> > * For finding and running a module, user should use the module >> > tree in the search modules tab. >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> I welcome better presentation of the menus since they get rather big >> (platoon rule of thumb: any more than ~12 in any level/group gets a bit >> overwhelming), but wrt "search to run" as the primary instead of augmenting >> method, I fear that way is not very discoverable -- at least I'd like to >> avoid the situation where a new user needs to know the name of what they're >> looking for before they can find it, which isn't so good to explore & learn >> about new modules you don't know exist yet. Especially for a software so >> big as ours which takes years to fully know. >> >> We are spatial creatures, so a spatial model for menu layout where we can >> use our spatial & muscle memories helps I think. Our monitors are getting >> really wide these days, both desktop and laptop, and so top menu bars will >> fit even better than they used to, we just have to make the windows a bit >> wider to compensate. Luckily these days there's space for that. (2c) >> >> >> regards, >> Hamish >> >> >
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