[Bf-committers] [Bf-blender-cvs] SVN commit: /data/svn/bf-blender [11003] trunk/blender/source/blender: == IPO Muting ==

[Matt Ebb]

On 6/22/07, Joshua Leung <aligorith at gmail.com> wrote:
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> == IPO Muting ==
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> * In the IPO Editor header, there is a toggle button (open/closed eye used
> for Outliner Visibility restriction) beside the IPO-blocktype menu, when
> there is an active IPO-block in the IPO Editor.
>
> * In the Action Editor, beside the 'lock' icon for channel protection on
> Action/Constraint channels, there is the open/closed 'eye' that can be
> toggled to set the mute status of said channel's IPO-block.



Hi,

I just noticed this one today. Looks like quite useful functionality! But
I'd advise not to re-use that existing icon like this. There's too much of
this icon re-use already (like the cursed 'dot') which isn't good for
usability. The 'eye' icon has a specific meaning already, and shouldn't be
diluted to mean something else. This feature could be communicated a lot
better with an icon that's more descriptive of what the feature does, off
the top of my head it could be something like perhaps an ipo curve with a
line through it, or a dotted/dashed/greyed ipo curve, or some other metaphor
that means 'stop movement'.

By all means if you need a placeholder, then you've got to use something,
but please make a new #define and space for a new icon in the icon file, and
just temporarily copy the old icon there, *and* actively make a call for
help creating the new icon. There's a whole community of artists out there
who would love to help, and can do it on their own if there's a new #define
and space made.

cheers,

Matt
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