[Bf-funboard] Bf-funboard Digest, Vol 79, Issue 8

[Knapp]

There is a build in thingy for showing what buttons are pressed. You
just need to turn it on in preferences.

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Karl Kühberger
<karl.kuehberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> This would be generally nice. It could be to switch on/off
> in the User preferences. Additionally there could appear
> a point or ring on the cursor to indicate whitch mouse-button
> is actually pressed. Would be great for presentations and
> workshops (instead of using an extra software).
>
> Kind regards,
> Karl
>
>
>
> 2012/6/10 Tomislav Čorak <tommyfive at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi guys,
>> just a quick thought,
>> imho it will be nice to have quick notification when executing command like
>> delete, undo..
>> maybe in 3d viewport bottom left (like screencast addon) or even at center
>> (think lightroom)
>> tnx
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Paweł Łyczkowski <
>> pawellyczkowski at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > I'd say that the vanishing confirmation dialogue is a problem, I saw
>> > people struggle with it. A clickable cancel button just below the
>> > confirmation button would be a solution.
>> >
>> > W dniu 08-06-2012 22:57, Jorge Rodriguez pisze:
>> > > That's part of the problem. An easily dismissible confirmation is as
>> bad
>> > as
>> > > an obnoxious one, but in different ways. The user is apt to not even
>> > notice
>> > > it existed, which would defeat its purpose.
>> > >
>> > > Solutions would be to more clearly demarcate objects that are selected,
>> > to
>> > > reduce accidental pressing of the delete key by moving it elsewhere, or
>> > as
>> > > a failsafe to save historical versions of the file for the user. Or,
>> > simply
>> > > to accept that mistakes happen to even the most careful users despite
>> any
>> > > attempts to mitigate them. Confirmation is a usability mistake.
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Paweł Łyczkowski
>> > > <pawellyczkowski at gmail.com>wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Propose a solution then, rather than complain. In my opinion there is
>> no
>> > >> better way to prevent accidentally deleting things than a confirmation
>> > >> request. Please note that the confirmation requests that Blender uses
>> > >> are much faster than standard ones, appearing directly under the
>> mouse,
>> > >> and being cancelled by moving the mouse away.
>> > >>
>> > >> Regards
>> > >> PLyczkowski
>> > >>
>> > >>> Sounds to me like a problem with Blender deleting things without the
>> > user
>> > >>> knowing. It's not a problem that can be fixed with confirmations,
>> since
>> > >>> perhaps the user meant to delete something inside the viewport and
>> > >> doesn't
>> > >>> realize that another object outside the viewport is also selected. If
>> > we
>> > >>> want to avoid the trash bin then Blender needs to let the user know
>> > that
>> > >> it
>> > >>> deleted the object, but there's many ways to do that without
>> bothering
>> > >> the
>> > >>> user with a confirmation request. Otherwise Blender is like Windows
>> > >> Vista's
>> > >>> UAC, constantly asking for permission to do shit, and the user
>> > habitually
>> > >>> always presses "Okay" and thus no additional security is had. The
>> > >>> confirmation is just the wrong tool for the job.
>> > >>>
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