On 1 Jun 2001, at 8:14, Seth Burgess wrote: Branko: > > If you guys decide to program a Bucket Fill > > function that always fills the whole > > selection, then the interface should mirror > > this: once a user has made a selection and then > > doubleclicks on the Bucket Fill icon to > > conjure up the Bucket Fill dialog, the threshold > > should be put to maximum (255) and grayed out. > > Thats only accurate for the one image though :( > > > I consider it to be a bug that there is a > > discrepancy between what the program interface > > (in the shape of the Bucket Fill dialog) tells > > me and what the program actually does. > > In a case for more than one mode of image and only one > tool, this will unfortunately always be the case. Still, in a sequence of actions as I described (select --> Bucket Fill dialog --> bucket fill) visual feedback will at least give me a hint that something special is going on. A better thing might be putting something in a (the) status bar of the image window, but I do not want to propose cluttering up that window. > > Second, I feel that (in the light of User Interface > > rule #1 that says > > Users often don't know whats best - they just know if > something is easy to use. And often that is the best. > Rules were made to be broken. It takes lots of thought > and planning to make that happen. We shouldn't be > afraid of offending users by making changes - just be sure > we're moving in the right direction. That is why I said 'unless'. However, if no-one can fill in the unless, the rule applies. -- branko collin collin@xxxxxxxxx
