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<span style="font-size: 12px;">== This Week ==</span>
</div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">I was travelling over the weekend and Monday so started the SoC work again on Tuesday. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">This week mostly consisted of going over design alternatives and discussing them on BA [1]. Some good ideas came up, but at the same time it is clear that it is hard to reach a consensus.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">To prevent regressing into an everlasting discussion I've decided to start work on one of the design variations. This consists of i) a conventional top menubar where many non-modal operators are placed, ii) the operator redo panel at the top in the left sidebar, iii) operator properties and special operators (e.g. grease) in panels in the left sidebar, iv) taking operators out of the header and only showing editor properties there. In this system there is a bit more space in the sidebar for custom panels that could be customised by the user for certain activities or personal workflows.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">I do not expect this to be the final design, especially because there is still a good ongoing discussion happening, but this way I can get to work and we can get a feel for the interaction of perhaps one or two designs .</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">== Next Week ==</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">This weekend I hope to finish the design described above. Next week I expect the discussion on BA will continue and I can try the next design or improve on the current one.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">== Questions ==</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">In the BA thread it came up that there was a feature for custom panels in the early days of 2.5. Does anyone know how this worked technically, visually, and in terms of interaction? Any screenshots anywhere?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px; ">1. </span>www.blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?302512-GSoC-2013-Toolbar-UI</div>
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