[Bf-interface] Top-Bar Design Details?

[Paweł Łyczkowski]

The design and development is all public and open to the community. In
hierarchical order:
Initial proposal:
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Proposals/UI/Top_Bar_Reshuffle
Writeup after the 2.8 design sprint (Screens, Editors and Areas section):
https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:2.8/UI/Workshop_Writeup
Design task: https://developer.blender.org/T50845
Initial Patch: https://developer.blender.org/D2758




On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 4:40 AM Pierre Schiller <
activemotionpictures at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 if this gets answered. Looks like dev team is concentrated on BCon
> these days. I just had your exact thoughts for a week, after carefully
> searching on this thread to find out more about the tabbed spaces.
> Conclusion: Blender 101 seems to have a little bit of light on this.
>
> I´ve been asking for draggable/floating windows that stay put until I
> close them; to finally get rid of all the extra redundant panels all over
> the interface. But this is exactly what they want: something that DOES NOT
> look like anything out there, even thought everything out there is pretty
> much "standarize" at this age. Innovative designs comes at a price of
> re-learning the software which is another thing Blen devs don´t want. So
> basically we´re tied up to some extents.
> I think the best-ever solution is like Softimage had years ago. Drop down
> menu, populated an entire tab. That way it would always show a MODULE, and
> it was populated by options ONLY from that module. +1 if this gets answered
> so I can post an idea inhere.
> Thanks.
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Jon Landers <pvtdsimmons at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, there!
>>
>> I was wondering if it would be possible to get a more detailed
>> description and explanation of the tob-bar concept, *before* it is sent
>> off to the "workshop" to be put into development?
>>
>> Currently, the only public info I could find regarding the top-bar is a
>> couple old mockup images (well, one was) and a small paragraph basically
>> saying it will kinda-sorta have rows and will contain a bunch of previously
>> scattered tools/functions and will universally exist accross all Blender
>> windows.
>>
>> While this gets the general gist accross, it doesn't seem to be enough to
>> let people like myself know whether or not that this is a design that we'd
>> feel comfortable with. For example, I know there are many who rejected
>> Andrew Price's "tabs" concept, because it would have effectively turned
>> Blender into a Maya clone and felt like a creative step backwards (even
>> though it was a step forward for "usability").
>>
>> In my gut, I have the feeling that what is being presented about the
>> tob-bar concept feels like a "functional" step forward, but a *creative*
>> step backwards; it makes it (Blender) feel like a standardized piece of
>> industry software (i.e. conforming), rather than a unique and creative
>> paradigm (innovating). But, honestly, I have no idea if this is the case or
>> not for the real design, because so little information about it has been
>> presented to the public.
>>
>> So, I'm hoping some of you can help to clarify exactly what your thoughts
>> are (maybe after this next meeting), so that more users in the community
>> can see if their fears (or their hopes) are being confirmed or not, and to
>> be able to pitch in and really help you guys (the UI design team) to land
>> on the best option for both Blender and it's current (and future) community.
>>
>> Sorry for the long email! But, I felt I needed to say this now, as it
>> seems, from the latest updates, that time is running short on getting
>> community/user input on the designs before they're committed and developed
>> and implemented.
>>
>> Thank you all for your hard work and for putting up with "passionate"
>> users, like me. ;)
>>
>> -Jon Landers
>>
>> P.S. Since everyone's doing it, nowadays, I'll join in: Blender user
>> since 2008. ;P
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Bf-interface mailing list
>> Bf-interface at blender.org
>> https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-interface
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Portfolio 2013 <http://be.net/3dcinetv>
> Cinema & TV production
> Video Reel <https://vimeo.com/3dcinetv/reel2012>
> _______________________________________________
> Bf-interface mailing list
> Bf-interface at blender.org
> https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-interface
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-interface/attachments/20171027/7bf9c5a2/attachment.html>