On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:23 PM, peter sikking <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > OK, I cannot resist quoting this review: > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/27/ubuntu_12_04_lts_review/> > > it uses GIMP to discuss ubuntu’s HUD. but then: > > ‘Of course GIMP is an app that lends itself to the mouse so > switching to the keyboard to use the HUD isn't always faster.’ > > if a software reviewer, with (I postulate) nowhere near the > speed demands of our core users, can see the flaw, then... > > yes, context is everything in interaction design, This is not to say that typing will be faster than hunting through the menus of GIMP to find grid, checkerboard or unsharp mask that are hidden deep in the menu-hierarchy of GIMP. Such a type-to search based system could also be made to adapt to the user and by default present the recently top N used filters/actions without needing to type - kind of an "invoke recent action" that gives you a list of recently performed actions and allows you to pick one with the pointing device. Personally I use <10 GIMP actions frequently, but these probably are different from the ones other users use, such a frecency filtering could be one way to give you the best of both worlds - such adaptations might be easier to make and cater for with app-specific interfaces rather than a system global one. /Ø. -- «The future is already here. It's just not very evenly distributed» -- William Gibson http://pippin.gimp.org/ ; http://ffii.org/ _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
