Re: [Protux-devel] regarding BusMonitor

[Remon Sijrier]

On Tuesday 21 October 2003 13:54, rsff wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Just wanted to remind everyone that one of the goals of the project is
> simplicity on the interface. This means that:
>
> 1. There should not be too many options on the main layout. Leave the
> changing dialogs, the dragabled/dockable/whatever options underneath,
> somewhere where, IF A USER WANTS TO CHANGE IT, he'll look in the
> preferences window, or something like that, and change it. (The easiest
> way to configure this would be to add a layout changing mode, just like
> there is a Track Curves mode. The user would be able to drag around the
> parts of protux and decide if and where he wants them. That's one of the
> solutions I cooked up, but I think its too early for that yet.)

Sounds reasonable to me.

>
> 2. The whole interface should be unified. This means that, if there are
> going to be only JMB actions, there should be only jmb actions, even if
> it means eliminating clicks and buttons from dialog-boxes and the like.
> We'll come up with a clever and logical solution for these problems...
> eventualy.

Hopefully yes. But maybe we should just experiment with this on BM and see if 
it adds to the useability if there are jmb actions for it instead of making a 
whole new interface mode?

Remon