Daniel.Egger@xxxxxxx (Daniel.Egger@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> On 1 Feb, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> > Your:
> > Category New File
> > Looks IMHO much worse than the existing:
> > Category New File Settings
>
> Not really, you have the word "Preferences" just a few mm above it.
> Also there was some inconsistency: The category "Monitor Information" was
> a settings dialog anyway but it had no "Settings" in its name....
Hmm - I dont like the first too, since it is unclear what preferences
are adjusted inside "New File". "New File Settings" is not much better...
What about "New File Defaults" ?
> >> 2. Some tools had a "Tool" in the options dialog and some not. Since
> >> all tools are tools and people know what tools are, we don't need
> >> to call some
>
> > Same thing here. Just because all tools are tools there is no reason
> > _NOT_ to display this.
>
> Well, we could have add the word "Tool" to all tools the other way
> round but that's unprofessional; you don't call every Mercedes
> "Mercedes Car", do you? You know that Mercedes produces cars as you
> know that a pencil is a tool and in a toolbox every item is a tool.
>
> There's no need to tell the user what she/he's seeing if it's
> obviously.
So, what about the "Colors->Curves" Thing ? It is a tool isnt it?
It is not always clear, if something is a tool or not - especially
when it does not have a button in the Toolbox.
IMHO Redundacy is not that bad. I vote for "Tool" in every Option-Dialog.
Bye,
Simon
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