[Usability]Re: Toolbar editor

[Matthias Clasen <maclas gmx de>]

> Hi,
> 
> mpeseng tin it writes:
> 
> > Toolbar items costumization is listed as a requirement in the
> > Toolbars section of the HIG and it's part of the toolbar GEP.  I was
> > assuming it was a Good Thing ;)
> 
> I was pretty excited about the toolbar code that was presented lately
> and considered to include it into The GIMP. However when I asked some
> of our users, almost of all them said they don't want to see this
> change. The toolbar I was proposing looked as outlined by the HIG and
> noone out there liked it. Arguments against it were that it uses too
> much screen estate and that users seem to prefer to see all tools
> visible at the same time. Noone of the people I asked said that they
> would want to hide particular groups of tools. Tool grouping was
> considered to be a good thing but everyone disliked the labels since
> they use too much space.
> 
> Just wanted to let you know ...
> 

Maybe you are confusing toolbar and toolbox ?

Matthias

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