Texture Maker Forum - New Function Selection

Tobias Reichert YaBB Administrator Offline Website Admin Posts: 1122 Gender:	New Function Selection 06. Sep 2002 at 18:12 I was working on a new function selection that will replace the TreeView in the next 2.4 version. Opinions needed
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Symetrix Senior Member Offline I love Infinity Textures! Posts: 146	Re: New Function Selection Reply #1 - 06. Sep 2002 at 21:52 Looks good But it would be nice if you could switch to the tree version and keep it still
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Malte YaBB Newbies Offline Registered I-Tex User Posts: 15 Gender:	Re: New Function Selection Reply #2 - 06. Sep 2002 at 22:11 Hi, this looks great . But... what about the working space? Wouldn't this consume too much space in the function list? I don't like to scroll all times to find one of that great functions. Just imagine the Generator tree. That will be a really long list then.
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Tobias Reichert YaBB Administrator Offline Website Admin Posts: 1122 Gender:	Re: New Function Selection Reply #3 - 06. Sep 2002 at 22:29 Yes, it consumes more screenspace but it makes it easier for new users to find a function with the icons at the left side. I am currently thinking about keeping the old treeview as option or provide a button for switching to small icons.
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Malte YaBB Newbies Offline Registered I-Tex User Posts: 15 Gender:	Re: New Function Selection Reply #4 - 07. Sep 2002 at 09:08 That will make everybody happy. I have also another suggestion: Why don't you split the function tree ? One list for group selection (i.e. Generator, Translate...) and one for the function itself. Like this:
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Captain_Howdy God Member Offline DoooooooooH! Posts: 261 Hawaii, USA Gender:	Re: New Function Selection Reply #5 - 08. Sep 2002 at 07:31 I like the colorful Icons can we have color buttons on the menubar also?
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Symetrix Senior Member Offline I love Infinity Textures! Posts: 146	Re: New Function Selection Reply #6 - 08. Sep 2002 at 11:03 I just hope there will be an option to choose between the two
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TORQUE Junior Member Offline To The Bat Cave Robin !!! Posts: 24 Wirral, U.K. Gender:	Re: New Function Selection Reply #7 - 08. Sep 2002 at 13:50 I think it looks a whole lot better, more user friendly.
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toob YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 19 Gender:	Re: New Function Selection Reply #8 - 08. Sep 2002 at 16:52 Providing an option to use one or the other would be ideal. You may use some user loyalty if you completely eliminate one or the other menu. Personally, I don't use the iconic bar to the far left; it would be nice to be able to shut it (or the tree view for those that don't use it) off. --Melissa
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Tobias Reichert YaBB Administrator Offline Website Admin Posts: 1122 Gender:	Re: New Function Selection Reply #9 - 09. Sep 2002 at 00:13 There is an option now to switch to small icons which don't use much more space than the treeview. The advantage is that you won't see the horizontal scrollbar again that pops up if an item name is too long. Leaving the old Treeview would mean another resource-eating control, some more trouble for Symetrix's WinME rig
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Symetrix Senior Member Offline I love Infinity Textures! Posts: 146	Re: New Function Selection Reply #10 - 09. Sep 2002 at 16:56 No need to hurt it's feelings DosShell Deluxe is brilliant! So I wouldnt be able to use both if you included both?
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Captain_Howdy God Member Offline DoooooooooH! Posts: 261 Hawaii, USA Gender:	Re: New Function Selection Reply #11 - 23. Sep 2002 at 17:44 I dont think it knows if we are laughing at it, or with it. Thease Humor features are only in XP and will soon be in Linux. LOL just jokeing.... one of the computers on my LAN is still ME and runs just fine
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Symetrix Senior Member Offline I love Infinity Textures! Posts: 146	Re: New Function Selection Reply #12 - 28. Sep 2002 at 16:07 98 is still one of the most popular OS's, and just to ignore it because it is a little bit older seems wrong as its so popular
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Reply #13 - 28. Sep 2002 at 17:15

Symetrix wrote on 28. Sep 2002 at 16:07:

98 is still one of the most popular OS's, and just to ignore it because it is a little bit older seems wrong as its so popular

I go for the opposite - to "downgrade" a program's functions just so it can run on outdated OSes is not smart, and such programs gets old very fast. I'm glad Infinity Textures make the most of everything, and this will keep it running looong into the future...

Keep in mind that Win98 have kinda the same kernel as Win95. Win 95 is over 7 years old, and this make Win98's kernel also 7 years old. Isn't it time to upgrade?

, Espen

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Tobias Reichert

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Reply #14 - 28. Sep 2002 at 17:29

It's just targeted for the more professional people. BTW: Photoshop uses more resources than I-Tex. OK, I-Tex consumes more of the precious window-handles. I will keep reducing the components that are drawn by windows and doing all on my own, like the new main button bar and the favorites, which are just images that react to the user. Before they were an actual arrays of buttons. The configuration panels are the biggest resource hog. I am planning to rewrite the entire stuff and make them dynamically rendered images. This will be memory saving, resource saving and probably faster than Microsoft's code.

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