[Bf-funboard] A thing that was better in 2.28

[Martin Poirier]

--- Ton Roosendaal <ton@blender.org> wrote:
> - I want to have equal treatment for horizontal and
> vertical layouts.  
> In the latter it should all fit in 250 pixels,
> something thats not  
> solved yet. Exceptions for horizontal layouts are
> always possible later  
> on.
> 
> - 'Context' switching has been moved to a more local
> level. This is  
> important for having it configurable. What about
> having texture AND  
> material in one window? What about allowing to move
> panels to other  
> windows? I want to keep it open to experiment with
> it.
> 
> - In the old buttonswindow itself you could find
> much more of these  
> sets of 'databrowse' buttons. For textures and
> images for example. So  
> what's consistant here?
> The other window types (Ipo, Sound) have the this
> databrowse in the  
> header, since it locks the entire window context to
> that specific data.  
> For the new buttons window system I had to drop that
> limitation.
> 
> - For a good transition process to a new UI, I made
> the situation  
> resembling the old one still. That's just a start.
> Think out of the box  
> what's all possible now.
> 
> - Flexibility will allow us a lot more, but
> sometimes there are  
> negative side aspects. We just need creative
> thinking and smart  
> solutions.

Of course, I know all of these points and I agree with
them. Like you might have noticed (or not), I never
suggested to go back to the old way, I merely said
that this one is less visible. A good way to solve
this is to change the color for this type of buttons
in your user theme, so that's not a major problem. 
Like you said, this is all work in progress.

On a side note, I think the databrowse button should
be replaced by a "NEW" button when no data is present.
IMHO, this is much more intuitive for beginners than
going through a browse button (especially since
there's no indication that it's used to add new
materials) and it's faster for everyone. The Add New
entry in the browse menu should stay there though. 

Martin

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