kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/22/2017 7:12 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:53:40PM +0100, Clemens Koller wrote:
>> Hello, Fabrizio!
>>
>> The horizontal + vertical justify radio buttons could possibly be improved by showing the alignment visually as it's done in [1] by using a 3 x 3 radio button matrix. It can also reduce the number of clicks to 1 to adjust hor + vert simultaneously.
>>
>> The timestamp is not human readable. It seems strange to me to dump it as hex-number on the UI. (WTF!?)
> 
> I'm struggling to think of a use for this. Maybe for power users, to
> jump quickly to the component in the raw sch file by searching for it -
> but why not just search for the reference?

References are not always assigned or can be duplicate if the user makes
a mistake.  The time stamp should always be unique but it is definitely
something that would only be useful to a developer or someone who really
understands how kicad works.

> 
> I wonder how many people would complain if I took that out.

At the very least it probably should be read only.  Editing the time
stamp has got bad written all over it unless you really know what your
doing.  Maybe it should be read only on release builds and editable on
debug builds for testing purposes.  I've never used this (I would just
us a text editor to change time stamps) but that is the only reason I
can think of as to why this would be shown.

> 
>>
>> The Component/Chip Name thingy seems to be lost a bit on the lower left. Maybe some sorting of the elements based on the usage/setup procedure as well as logic dependency could do some good.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Clemens
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/File:WG9-9.png
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2017-03-22 10:32, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
>>> hi guys,
>>> I am looking at some new icons that were introduced in kicad by the people who made the related functionalities and at the user experience in general. If any of you guys has any feedback about possible (aesthetic) UI improvements I would love to know. 
>>>
>>> Specifically I am looking at this menu.
>>>
>>> Inline image 1
>>>
>>> the section "Chip Name" is a part that I use a lot and I find a little "mysterious". Before going further with a possible patch to improve a little the usability of it I would like to know if there is any of you interesting in giving an opinion. I would love to know from the person who made it what exactly is the Chip Name section for. I feel it is not so evident to the user.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> Fabrizio
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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