tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978356510587112308.post5477654638279702763..comments2024-02-27T21:15:04.267+13:00Comments on Aligorith's Lair: Horizontal vs Vertical UI'sUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978356510587112308.post-3514986267790742332011-04-19T09:50:58.565+12:002011-04-19T09:50:58.565+12:00Thanks god i'm not alone...I miss the old UI l...Thanks god i'm not alone...I miss the old UI layout, and i'm not good enought in english to explain it, your article enjoyed me.<br />For me, this new layout is a "regressive standardization", after one year of testing, i still feel very unconfortable to work with.<br /><br />raphaelAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963214731198470920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978356510587112308.post-69388275924433178482011-04-04T15:13:02.394+12:002011-04-04T15:13:02.394+12:00I too enjoyed the ability to have horizontal butto...I too enjoyed the ability to have horizontal button layouts(in 2.x)<br />There are many cases in which a horizontal layout works much better with my screen real-estate than that of a vertical one. I too have always used vertical button property windows from day one in Blender, though too have I used horizontal ones.<br />IMO, Its a shame, that they're not back in again, even if subtle changes need to be made with horiz layouts to make them 2.5x friendly. There are definitely more pressing matters, but I agree with MANY of your points here @Aligorith.<br />I work with MANY property regions open in certain screen layouts, MANY, and vertical layouts just aren't as efficient due to the wider nature of modern displays, imo.dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522994447114831559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978356510587112308.post-73423978112393417712011-04-04T12:25:59.480+12:002011-04-04T12:25:59.480+12:00ASkinner:
- Tabs are ok, and in fact I think we ac...ASkinner:<br />- Tabs are ok, and in fact I think we actually do make some use of them already, even if they don't look like it (NOTE: you don't always need to go for the full-blown "draw a box around it" route to group things!)<br /><br />- Modal dialogs sure do have a role, just not as great a role as they have traditionally been assigned. They're really "you MUST handle this NOW" things and quite narrowly constrained. But this doesn't fit well with the model of users tweaking one or two settings, and needing to do so seeing the effects in-situ. <br /><br />There is a very common trap to start chaining these dialogs together, either horizontally (one after the other, wizard-style, you-must-complete-each-step-now-and-provide-this-info-at-this-stage), or vertically (button in the corner brings up a dialog, which brings up another, ad infinitum). It's easy to get 3-6 layers of dialogs stacked on top of each other that you have to click out of after changing one setting, only to have to go back in moments later to tweak something.Aligorithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379156223939123157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978356510587112308.post-72143039465666586952011-04-04T12:01:35.727+12:002011-04-04T12:01:35.727+12:00you're also assuming that it's better to h...you're also assuming that it's better to have the most controls on screen at one time. in the case of blender, i'd rather have more screen space taken up by editors, rather than buttons, since that's where i spend more time. most of the time buttons are just sitting there doing nothing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17460318972608371941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978356510587112308.post-5110404790063059392011-04-04T01:47:01.431+12:002011-04-04T01:47:01.431+12:00Good points, but ignoring the best option of tabbe...Good points, but ignoring the best option of tabbed vertical layouts (and modal dialogs) like those used in many options-heavy packages. Why Blender opted to do away with these is beyond me. I don't think reinventing the wheel was necessary in this instance and a lot of speed in workflow was lostASkinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582129541006032007noreply@blogger.com