[Bf-committers] 3D Cursor and Border Select

Ton Roosendaal ton at blender.org
Sun Feb 26 16:10:16 CET 2012


Hi,

Independent how many people like things, there's also a simple issue of managing Blender well.

I would not like to get such important changes in Blender just based on a moment someone complains and  gets a bunch of mails by people who endorse it. Independent whether it's a good idea; usability is something to handle carefully.

- We need to acknowledge that there's keymaps for a reason, not everyone is the same. That's why they're customizable.

- We could provide Blender with a number of well maintained default maps; among which one could be for "learning blender" (minimal shortcuts even) and one "compatible for old users".

- We also need to design good ways to support keymaps with input methods for tablet/pen, laptops without function/numpad keys, ndof devices, and multitouch.

Within all these considerations we can also attempt to make something like a  "default" map... but that's the toughest target ever. It probably will be just "the map used by the UI team" in the end.

Which leads to the main issue: three out of four members of our current UI owner team is very inactive now. We need to refresh this team with people who get as much respect & recognition as we had during the 2.5 period, and then trust them to build and maintain a sane default.

-Ton-

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On 26 Feb, 2012, at 14:38, Claudio malefico Andaur wrote:

> Yeah, it's about time to change this (Border Select and 3D Cursor). +1.
> 
> malefico.
> 
> On 2/26/12, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Jonathan Williamson
>> <jonathan at cgcookie.com> wrote:
>>> Except that many laptops do not have an easy home key and the home key is
>>> not a fast key to press when using the left hand on the keyboard and right
>>> hand on the mouse regimen.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jonathan Williamson
>> 
>> I think this is the most agreement I have ever seen here on a proposal.
>> 
>> Jonathan, I suggest you do what I do with my laptop, bring a separate
>> mouse and keyboard with you. I know it sucks but then that is the
>> price of using a laptop.  You can buy very portable mice and
>> keyboards.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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