Paul wrote: "The only reason I'm resistant is that when designing the UI we should reduce the different numbers of ways to do things for the same function."
I didn't think about this. I agree it is better to reduce the number of ways to access the same functionality. AutoCAD always has 50 different ways to do the same thing, which can lead to confusion, especially for new users. Jukka wrote: "I reed plus sign like 'Add' . Perhaps Folder icon suits better when you are opening something..." Good point Jukka. The Sunburned Surveyor On 10/31/07, Rahkonen Jukka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I reed plus sign like 'Add' . Perhaps Folder icon suits better when you are > opening something that is ready made, that is, stored project? Quite othen > you are building your project by collecting data from different places into > your collection and using + sign is rather intuitive. Not so important > though, I believe both ways can be learned. > > -Jukka- > > ________________________________ > Lähettäjä: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Puolesta > Larry Becker > Lähetetty: 31. lokakuuta 2007 17:27 > Vastaanottaja: JUMP Users Discussion > Aihe: Re: [jump-users] Nice OpenJump review > > > Hi Paul, > > I think the menu icons are fine and great for new users. The + icon on > the toolbor is for ESRI users like the reviewer and long-time JUMP users. > It is more important to please both users than following an kind of design > aesthetic. > > Larry > > On 10/31/07, Paul Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry, > > > > I think we should have our own GUI/Icon style rather than just following > > the design of ESRI tools, Now when coming up with that style we can take > > into account design elements such as what is used in general software > > and also GIS software so that any computer user would be able to work > > out the function of the icon. > > > > As a compramise, let's have the following icons for the open menu items > > and toolbar (slightly different from now) > > > > Open... The folder with the + > > Open File... The folder with a page > > Open Project.. The folder with the project you created. > > > > > > Uwe, > > > > I'm not sure why you think the new Open Wizard is a hard way to load > > PostGIS tables, in the old method you selected a drop down then entered > > the parameters. With the new one you double click an icon and then enter > > the parameters. And if someone wants to they can create a new panel for > > the parameters to include validation of those parameters, > > > > Paul > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jump-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > > > > > > -- > http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > jump-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > > _______________________________________________ jump-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users
