[Bf-committers] New-User Interface Proposal

2012-03-30 Thread Jorge Rodriguez
Hello! I've submitted my GSoC proposal about making an interface for Blender that is targeted to new users: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/vino/21001 I would love to hear some feedback and thoughts on how I can improve the proposal and thus my chances of it bei

Re: [Bf-committers] New-User Interface Proposal

2012-03-30 Thread Gianmichele Mariani
I can understand your point of view, but most of the things that you describe, except for the Object/Edit/Other various modes and the cosmetics, can already be done in Blender. I think we're trying to solve lack of a good documentation by just changing Blender's interface. And believe me changing

Re: [Bf-committers] New-User Interface Proposal

2012-03-30 Thread Tom Edwards
I have to agree with Gianmichele. It's overkill to create a new UI for the first-time user, especially as they will need to switch over to and learn the full one eventually. What I would like to see (and as a fellow game dev this should come naturally!) is an inline tutorial displayed in a seri

Re: [Bf-committers] New-User Interface Proposal

2012-03-30 Thread Tom M
Hi Jorge, creating an interface is something almost guaranteed not to be accepted. However improving customization of the UI might well be accepted. Ie tools to more easily create custom button panels and reorganize their layout. Tools to more easily change keybindings and to resolve conflicts

Re: [Bf-committers] New-User Interface Proposal

2012-03-30 Thread Jorge Rodriguez
Perhaps I named my proposal wrong. My intention is not to make a crippled UI only for first-time users. My intention is to make a full UI that is easier to understand and would fully support everything Blender has to offer, just as the default Blender UI has right now. It will not be a "second" UI,

Re: [Bf-committers] New-User Interface Proposal

2012-03-30 Thread Tom M
Hi, while I laud your goals - realize that a complete UI redesign would include every area that blender supports. Your proposal shows a UI for just mesh editing (maybe?) and really isn't complete enough to be a design doc. Any significant redesign has major implications - basically all documenta

Re: [Bf-committers] New-User Interface Proposal

2012-03-30 Thread patrick boelens
0 Mar 2012 16:26:59 -0700 > From: letter...@gmail.com > To: bf-committers@blender.org > Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] New-User Interface Proposal > > Hi, > > while I laud your goals - realize that a complete UI redesign would > include every area that blender supports. Your propo