hi guys, > On 28/12/2012, at 22:30, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > > > On 12/28/2012 02:17 PM, cedric.gemy at gmail.com wrote: > >> I think we could save more space in Text properties just by > >> changing some UI widgets. Actually, the UI team has made some > >> proposals and we are waiting for the first implementation to go > >> further in the modifications because we agreed that we could not > >> do it in only one release. Our plan is : > >> > >> - have a target > >> - do some changes > >> - listen to users > >> - do some changes keeping the target and user in mind ... > > Sooner or later, I think some things have to be moved out of > > Properties. I could envision an XYZ toolbar where you can always > > adjust everything in that tab for whatever object is selected, > > while you leave the Text tab selected in Properties. > > Style selection could easily be taken out of the Text tab. It's just > > awkward in there. Anything in Text which is a simple selection, > > justification for example, could be in a Text menu item, or maybe > > in the context menu. First line offset, and Optical Margins are all > > simple selections. > > The tabs selection areas could as easily be on the side of the > > Properties palette, and would not take up space inside it. > > > > I would propose that in addition to incremental changes there can > > also be attempts at wild, dramatic changes, which might inspire > > incremental change. > > > > 6 months is actually quite a tight schedule to get what's there > nailed down. Adding more will turn it into another year without a 1.5 > release. It'd be a LOT better if the plans were actually reduced and > an earlier release was made, and then 1.5.1 could be considered.
i guess that i misunderstood the whole discussion! sorry. are you really planning a release candidate for a development version 1.5.0 in automn 2013? if this is true, i don't feel any need to participate in a discussion or planning for it... do as you prefer! ciao a.l.e
