[Gimp-developer] change layout of mode menus?

[Nemes Ioan Sorin]

agree with Peter,
(part of my job is to improve user interaction && UI usability)
separators are good, even better are spacers (like in Firetox and 
Thunderbird [fluid spacers]) also a line OR a background surrounding a 
group of buttons are good for focusing to a 'grouped set of functions' 
...instead of individual buttons.

anyhow : 2 cigars

peter sikking wrote:
> Bill wrote:
> 
>> It seems to me
>> that the separators are not that important, because the categories
>> are pretty artificial in the first place, and were really imposed  
>> mostly
>> to give the very long list some structure, as far as I can see.   
>> But this
>> is something that you should consider.
> 
> separators are very important in a menu, to be able to deal with many  
> (> 5)
> items, by putting them in sub groups, you get your bearing for aiming.
> even arbitrary sub-grouping is better than none.
> 
>> Anyway, I would like to make this change, and I wonder if there are
>> objections.
> 
> yeah, this is also harder to use because you have to do a controlled
> sideways movement to get from one column to the other.
> 
> sorry: no cigar...
> 
>      --ps
> 
>          founder + principal interaction architect
>              man + machine interface works
> 
>          http://mmiworks.net/blog : on interaction architecture
> 
> 
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