[Bf-funboard] Will mathematical equasions be default?

[Matjaz Lamut]

Hello,

I agree with you that the change is a great addition, but not that good on
the ergonomics. It doesn't seem to have gone through a UI design process
like you see with other changes coming in 2.70. There's a discussion at
BlenderArtists about the feature and people mention various problems the
change brought.
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?325379-2-70-Modal-Numinput-Rant(not
as rant-y as the title might suggest).

So far there hasn't been a developer involved in these discussions. I tried
contacting Jonathan Williamson from the UI team, who helped with the
revision of the feature, but got no reply yet. Hopefully the feature will
receive some more work and be better implemented. As you mention yourself,
the changes seem minor, but transforms are used so often, it all really
adds up.

Regards,
Matjaž



On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Bol Bib <bollebib at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just a quick question to know where we will be at.
>
>
> In trunk there is a new feature that allows instant mathematics to use on
> a translation, scale or rotation.
> This seems like a great addition and I applaud it. But will it be default?
> I ask because it hides the current way Blender does things behind an extra
> keystroke that you need to hold (CTRL) the whole time.
>
> While this doesn't seem too much of an issue that extra kestroke will make
> easy manipulations slightly longer and more akward EVERY time. This can
> amount to a huge number. And the thing that takes it's place while useful
> doesn't seem that useful for the majority of users.
>
> It seems much more viable that you just press a shortcut to initiate the
> equasion,and one to end it (Tab? Insert?) ,as that seems a less frequent
> need then what Blender has done for years,and has been honed to perfection.
> The key needed for that equasion just needs to be shown in the header.
>
>
> I'm not opposed to change, I welcome this one as well. But I'd like to
> urge you to consider the ergonomics of this change as a default.
> It's like equasions in the textinput field,they are useful,but they are
> not default. They are there for those who need them. Unobtrusive but
> present.
>
>
>
>
> If this was default just for the purpose of testing though,then I
> appreciate the effort. I just want to be sure which direction Blender is
> going with this.
> If this will be default regardless then I would urge for an option to
> change this default in any way ,so the user can choose which way to go.
>
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