[GRASS-user] Some suggestions

[Michael Barton]

Thanks! We keep trying to make it better. Glad that you think we are
succeeding with this.

Michael


On 6/5/07 4:32 AM, "M S" <mseibel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just a users's opinion for what it is worth...  =D
> 
> I really like the GUI setup for GRASS under GIS.M.  It is very intuitive and
> the non-modal windows are *awesome*.  truely lets one multi-task while
> GRASSing.    Great improvement over the previous GUI.  that output manager is
> sweet too!  Plus the menus can be undocked.  Compariing to it to that *other*
> software company that is so prevalent in the US, GRASS is more logically
> organized (even for those of us across the great blue sea! =D  in their
> "toolbox" there are so many eye-candy widgets that one often finds them self
> searching for the tool in the "help" because it takes so much time to root
> throgh the unclearly organized "toolbox".
> 
> GRASS is wonderful.  I have been using it for many years now learning and
> light use.  Now that I am using it extensively I have really come to
> appreciate the rich features, great interface and reliability.
> 
> All the developers have really built a great GIS.   Keep up the great work.
> It is enjoyed by many.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 6/5/07, Hamish < hamish_nospam at yahoo.com <mailto:hamish_nospam at yahoo.com> >
> wrote:
>> Michael Barton wrote:
>>> >
>>> > That said, it could be convenient to attach/dock a map display to the
>>> > layer manager, in order to move them around together. I'm looking into
>>> > a way to do that. May or may not be possible.
>> 
>> if this is possible, it would make both camps happy.
>> 
>> another way too gee-whiz eye candy solution is a pop-down semi-
>> transparent heads-up-display overlay in the display window. ;)
>> 
>>> > This is not referring to the properties dialogs for each GRASS
>>> > command. These are unavoidable if you want to run the command, but can
>>> > be closed to clean up the screen. Press OK instead of Apply and the
>>> > window goes away. Grouping them into a single MDI wouldn't make them
>>> > any easier to work with or less cluttered. Hamish has suggested making
>>> > them modal by default, with the option of keeping them open if you
>>> > want via a checkbox. This sort of forces you to keep your screen clean
>>> > unless you really want to do otherwise.
>> 
>> Ah, I didn't know about [Ok] and [Apply] for the module GUIs. That's a
>> lot clearer than a "keep alive" checkbox, and obviates the need.
>> Generally I think that Apply buttons are not that useful, but they could
>> do a very nice job here.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hamish
>> 
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Arizona State University

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