Let's put it to a vote then. I'll support whatever the majority wants. Larry
On 10/31/07, Paul Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry, > > Uwe wanted the + icon for the Open... wizard so he can use it for the > PostGIS plug-in which is not in the Open File... wizard. > > Copying the ESRI icon is not a good idea as it's their copyright. > > I'm still not comfortable with this we only need one icon on the toolbar > the Open... wizard. With an appropriate icon, which I feel is the Folder > with the Plus. Because you are Opening something (file, database table wms > connection etc) to Add as a Layer (well or not in the case of a project but > that's the only weird one) > > Paul > > > Larry Becker wrote: > > I think that the toolbar folder for the open wizard and a plus + sign for > the Open File is what is needed. There is no overlap there. We can even > use a yellow plus to be more like ESRI and less like Load Datasets. > > Larry > > On 10/31/07, Sunburned Surveyor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > jump-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > jump-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > > -- http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/
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