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[Tim Hutt <tdhutt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I disagree! Not sure what else to say. Maybe we need polls for these
alternatives.

On 10 September 2014 19:45, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ohh no, never do like that. I hate that. It is not usefull at all, IMHO. I
> annoys me on websites with the cookie info box, it annoys me in chrome, it
> annoys me in matlab, it annoys me in simulink, it annoys me everywhere. I
> rather think, that the user should think; "mmm, I don't like that zoom
> method that well, maybe there is an option for it. <and then he should go
> check for that>". Popups or curtains is not the solution.
>
> Nick
>
>
> 2014-09-10 19:59 GMT+02:00 Tim Hutt <tdhutt@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> It's fine to like weird UI options of course, and I would never consider
>> removing the option, but I still think they should be off by default. If
>> you (whoever is in charge!) absolutely insist that they are on by default
>> then a Chrome-style info bar like this is pretty much essential IMO (shown
>> when you first zoom in):
>>
>> [image: Inline images 1]
>>
>> That's how they do it in Simulink.
>>
>>
>> On 10 September 2014 18:37, Moses McKnight <moses@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I also like the center and warp on zoom, as do others I know that use
>>> kicad. The option for "newbies" to disable it is fine, but please leave it
>>> as the default!
>>>
>>> Another thing the video seemed to not "get" was that you don't have to
>>> select something first to act on it.  I actually find that a good feature
>>> as it speeds things up - even if just a little.  It might be nice to add
>>> the ability to select items as well, but please don't take away the ability
>>> to simply mouse over something and hit a hot-key.  This is one thing I find
>>> to be a regression in the OpenGL canvas.  You must be in the arrow tool,
>>> and select a track in order to delete it.  Not only that but it only
>>> selects a segment and not a track.  So I find it *much* faster to hit F9
>>> for default canvas any time I need to delete a track.
>>>
>>> Moses
>>>
>>> On 09/10/2014 12:14 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 09:46:07AM -0700, Ouabache Designworks wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Case in point you mentioned that warp to center on zoom was "weird" and
>>>>> that nobody else does it. gEDA also does it and it is really useful
>>>>> feature.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't *dare* to touch the center warp on zoom :P
>>>>
>>>> I could write a book on how useful it is... well, I've almost done it
>>>> the last week (see posts on the opengl view)
>>>>
>>>>
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