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Message #03006
Re: software practices for kicad
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From:
Ken Williams <ken.williams666@...>
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Date:
Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:07:14 -0700 (PDT)
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OK, I saw the thread started by Gabriele and I see that it
my main interests are addressed.
For the record, I was primarily interested in reducing the number of mouse
clicks for changing layer visibility and this proposal addresses that issue
by allowing a one-click solution. If it was not mentioned in the thread,
the technique of going to a modeless dialog box has problems in that
the dialog box still remains on top making the screen real estate problem
even worse. Going to a parent-less, modeless dialog box allows the dialog
box to drop under the drawing window, but presents other window management issues.
(I tried these methods)
To Gabriele: I have a lot of interest in this issue from recent experience making a PCB
with KICAD, so I will be glad to take your work and provide feedback, or even make some
contribution. This was really a number one usability issue during the final during
the final phase of hand routing a board.
Ken
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From: Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...>
To: kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2009 8:25:57 AM
Subject: Re: [kicad-devel] software practices for kicad
We spent a month on a thread where we discussed re-doing the entire
color selection mechanism and layer visibility controls in PCBNEW. This
means that your change is likely to be washed out shortly.
Please go try and find that thread. I'd say it was back in June or so.
Then you'd be able to see what others are thinking, without asking.
Dick
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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">OK, I saw the thread started by Gabriele and I see that it <br>my main interests are addressed.<br><br>For the record, I was primarily interested in reducing the number of mouse<br>clicks for changing layer visibility and this proposal addresses that issue<br>by allowing a one-click solution. If it was not mentioned in the thread,<br>the technique of going to a modeless dialog box has problems in that <br>the dialog box still remains on top making the screen real estate problem<br>even worse. Going to a parent-less, modeless dialog box allows the dialog<br>box to drop under the drawing window, but presents other window management issues.<br>(I tried these methods)<br><br>To Gabriele: I have a lot of
interest in this issue from recent experience making a PCB<br>with KICAD, so I will be glad to take your work and provide feedback, or even make some<br>contribution. This was really a number one usability issue during the final during<br>the final phase of hand routing a board.<br><br>Ken<br><div style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding-left: 5px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 7, 2009 8:25:57 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kicad-devel] software practices for kicad<br></font><br>
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We spent a month on a thread where we discussed re-doing the entire <br>
color selection mechanism and layer visibility controls in PCBNEW. This <br>
means that your change is likely to be washed out shortly.<br>
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Please go try and find that thread. I'd say it was back in June or so. <br>
Then you'd be able to see what others are thinking, without asking.<br>
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Dick<br>
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