Re: GUI design of 0.7

[Joel Biddier]

Joel Biddier wrote:

> As for the proposed variants, I also do not feel very happy with them. 
> To make a comparison, they are much like Sodipodi – which has one very 
> large cluttered main “toolbox” (much in the same vain as xfig.). 

I should have commented that the variant toolboxes don't look right, but 
the *idea* is right.
It is the number or elements per line that is the problem (i.e. too many 
columns).
Illustrator uses only two columns and there are groupings. I'll make a 
mock up
of what I have in mind (if not using Skencil - i.e. I don't get source 
code) then a picture
(drawn in skencil) to show what I have in mind. Basically, it is what 
you have in mind (the variants), but
the layout is different.

In summary: I feel you have have the right idea, but the wrong layout.

--J