Hi Joseph
I know 5 is a short list. Of course it is. I'm with you on that. The
intent was to prick the interest of the developers and not put them off
with mountains of stuff that they had to wade through. I don't know if
its the right thing to do. Maybe they'll see a few key things popping up
with regularity and be prompted to invite a core group of users to
consult with them.
Alastair
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On 25/03/2014 14:24, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] wrote:
1.Selection contexts need to be corrected for natural workflow.(change
it to the Source(first) -> Target(second) method rather than second
selected item follows first selected item)
2.All selection contexts need to be synchronized to work the same way.
a.For example, Parenting and constraints should be the same way and
Attach to Motion Path selection method should be made rigid, and in
the same context as constrain, rather than dual context.
3.Outliner and Attribute editor(and all other primary windows) need
dedicated hotkeys (some of these primary windows don't have hotkeys
yet the PaintFx panel does?)
4.Get rid of option box as a "differentiating command", use it as an
option setting for command repeat strictly:
a.For example, freezing transforms needs to be broken into multiple
commands just like hiding/showing. There are almost 70 hide/show
commands, but only one Freezing command? This is a classic example of
the inconsistencies that Maya is riddled with.
5.Hiding/Showing needs a toggle command to hide/show in the same
command. It needs to be hotkeyed to a single key stroke("h" would be
nice).
Asking for 5 does not do justice to the incredibly long list of things
that need to be fixed with the Maya interface. There are so many
things with the interface which are problematic, incongruent,
inconsistent, un-anticipatable, and generally difficult as to make the
interface the most problematic aspect of Maya, the one thing that
Autodesk should address before modifying any other part of the program.
Further, asking for these in brief description runs the risk of the
developer not understanding, and potentially discounting ) the nature
and context of each request. I could expand the above 5 items into
almost 4 pages of discussion as to why they are significant
impediments to workflow.
And that doesn't even get close to addressing the next 50+ things that
should be addressed.
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Joey Ponthieux
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*Alastair Hearsum
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*Subject:* humanize maya, SOFT top 5
Hello friends
Me again with my TOP 5's
I have had some minimal contact with the Humanize Maya people. Lets
get our views across with our TOP 5 Softimage user workflow/interface
experiences. As usual a list with a brief description.
Here are some random examples
1)Middle mouse to repeat last function
2)Multiple windows
You can have many graph editors, outliners, property pages open at once.
3) Really contextual menus
4) Comprehensive universal drag and drop of parameters
Quickly set up expressions.
5) Text rather than icons, general stylishness of interface
Alastair
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GLASSWORKS
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