[Qgis-user] Send us your tips!

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Martin

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Martin Dobias <wonder.sk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Alister Hood
> <alister.hood at synergine.com> wrote:
>> But I think symbol levels should probably be enabled by
>> default, in which case this tip wouldn't be necessary :)
>
> Rendering with symbol levels is more costly, so -1 for me to enable it
> by default.
>

I remember debating this with you at Wroclaw. Is it more costly also
in situations where symbols are simple and have 1 layer each only? In
the case of multilayer symbols I would say 99% of the time I want
symbol levels on. I do quite a lot of training and the symbol levels
is something that a) new users struggle to comprehend and b) gets
forgotten as a detail after the training and then people come back to
me asking why their maps look funny. I think from a user friendliness
point of view, there would be a lot gained by enabling it by default
(performance issues notwithstanding). Maybe we should add it as
another item in our endless options panel (which I will reorganise in
Lisbon)?

Regards

Tim

> Martin
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