On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:53:40PM +0100, Clemens Koller wrote: > Hello, Fabrizio! > > The horizontal + vertical justify radio buttons could possibly be improved by > showing the alignment visually as it's done in [1] by using a 3 x 3 radio > button matrix. It can also reduce the number of clicks to 1 to adjust hor + > vert simultaneously. > > The timestamp is not human readable. It seems strange to me to dump it as > hex-number on the UI. (WTF!?)
I'm struggling to think of a use for this. Maybe for power users, to jump quickly to the component in the raw sch file by searching for it - but why not just search for the reference? I wonder how many people would complain if I took that out. > > The Component/Chip Name thingy seems to be lost a bit on the lower left. > Maybe some sorting of the elements based on the usage/setup procedure as well > as logic dependency could do some good. > > Regards, > > Clemens > > [1] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/File:WG9-9.png > > > > > On 2017-03-22 10:32, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > hi guys, > > I am looking at some new icons that were introduced in kicad by the people > > who made the related functionalities and at the user experience in general. > > If any of you guys has any feedback about possible (aesthetic) UI > > improvements I would love to know. > > > > Specifically I am looking at this menu. > > > > Inline image 1 > > > > the section "Chip Name" is a part that I use a lot and I find a little > > "mysterious". Before going further with a possible patch to improve a > > little the usability of it I would like to know if there is any of you > > interesting in giving an opinion. I would love to know from the person who > > made it what exactly is the Chip Name section for. I feel it is not so > > evident to the user. > > > > cheers > > Fabrizio > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
