On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 01:57:46PM -0400, Rob Bearman wrote: > By the way, I think the converter dialog is suboptimal UI. To add a > converter, I have to select an existing one and edit it, pressing the > Add button only at the end of the process. Because of this intuitively > backwards approach, the Add button is initially greyed, making the user
I think this has been fixed recently. > Another example of confusing UI is the Change Text Style dialog. There > are "Never Toggled" and "Always Toggled" dropdowns, and a "Toggle All" > checkbox. On an apparently separate axis, there's an Apply button and an > "Apply changes immediately" checkbox. It may all be tied into useful > semantics, but it's confusing to a user trying to figure out what it all > means. In any case, the dialog design does not allow at least a > Windows/Mac user to apply what they know or are familiar with regarding > applying text styles. Yes, it's a mess. When/if we have proper text styles, all this will go away. > Without making a study of the LyX dialogs, I have to say my casual > impression of various dialog or modal UI contains much of this > suppress-what-I-know, learn-the-LyX-way. That's strictly from a Windows > and somewhat Mac UI perspective, for what it's worth. I probably should Detailed criticism of issues is much appreciated, but general comments don't help much. A lot of work has been done over recent years to improve the dialogs but we're well aware a lot more is needed. regards, john
