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Re: TheIde new look [message #30519 is a reply to message #30493] Thu, 06 January 2011 11:53 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
cbpporter is currently offline  cbpporter
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My priority would be the menus. They are organized in a way that is probably considered logical, even by me, but they tend to defy convention. And it confuses people. I've seen experienced and good coders stumble upon simple things like there is no "open file" in the file menu. And then proceeding to dismiss TheIDE as some cheap ide wannabe.

Not all menus need work. "Edit" is OK, but I would still move some find options out of the nesting menu. And add a "Help" menu. And it must be last.

I said this before: it is "Set main package..." not "Set main package..". Back then I lacked confidence to change this without approval, but I might end up raiding SVN only to change this Twisted Evil.

Also the 20 different places where you can put build options are confusing.

Those two lines after "Select all" (that is using a copy icon) seem redundant.

There was a lot of talk about using Tango icons. But I like the standard Windows icons for open, edit, etc. So it should be customizable.

I am kind of busy in this period, but after I'm done with my loc quota I could try and help.
 
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