[Bf-funboard] Re: Large Blender UI improvement proposal

[Roland Hess]

Nice Work.

A mouse button remap would take experienced users a week or so to get 
the hang of, probably less. And new users could begin Blending 
immediately. Also, the most used function (select) should absolutely 
be on the LMB. That's interface kindergarten. But I think it's going 
to make a lot of people cringe.

I use RVK's almost every day. Yes, the current system works. But no, 
the current system is not sufficient. Not even close. Monkeyboi is 
correct in stating that the current system is completely 
nontransparent. I am very familiar with it, and I STILL occasionally 
modify the wrong key (or even the base key - argh!) As I read this 
proposal I found the tension falling from my shoulders that months of 
using the current RVK interface had placed there. Again, nice work. 
As for theeth, and others who say the current system works fine, 
because everything's already there, somewhere, sort of: how often do 
you use it?  And, just because you CAN roll down the windows in a car 
with a crank, that's no reason not to get power windows in your next 
vehicle.

Vertical headers: I've supported this idea before, and I still do. 
However, I think it should be left to the user to orient it as they 
please. Coders: how hard would it be to make it function like the 
Windows taskbar, i.e. drag  a ghost of the header to the 
head/foot/left/right of the windows, then drop it there?
-- 
Roland Hess (harkyman)
IT Manager
Reed & Witting Company