Redesigning the User interface to be simple, minimal and useful. #14
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"Style" menu label should be corrected as "Theme" I typed incorrectly. |
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Thanks for the suggestions, I agree that the interface is a bit heavy with elements, but I prefer to have all possible customizations rather than settle for the choice made by the programmer. The theme folder is for the source language .theme files, each theme have only one appearance (light/dark). Default style for now do not have a name because is the only css provided. Also it is a file founded somewere on internet (I do not remember where). |
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"I prefer to have all possible customizations rather than settle for the choice made by the programmer." If you want an editor for those who can't write CSS, you can open a separate Theme Editor tab or Window. My ideas are easier for beginners. Although I am an experienced person, I had difficulty understanding your interface. |
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I would go for a simple plugin solution and remove the user editing capability. A zip-like file that contains all theme and/or styling options in itself. Then there could be a small showroom to preview and download the themes. This does not have to be part of the app but could be a web service. And the app is distributed with just a single (default) theme. I would choose the Github style as the baseline. Thats just my 2 cents. It would also reduce the maintanence effort. For example, your theme preview breaks as soon as you choose "C source code (.c)" instead of the default "Theme colors". For some its completely blank, for others it uses the serif font again, weird colors, and line numbering. All in all keeping the app consistent gets harder with more settings that have a preview. As to the other options. I really dont see that Emoji and Strikethrough should be a separate tab. Also, I am constantly pressing CMD-W to try to close windows – which doesn't work. |
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CMD-w fixed on the last commit. |
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Release 1.b6 has some little ui improvements. |
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@sbarex can you make refresh shortcut more accessible like only "R". and Automatic refresh option on every change would be nice. |
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icon that should be dark looks light |
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this section should be |
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@sbarex It will be clearer if you rename the UI items as follows;
Terminology for all labels and menu items etc;Source Code Highlight -> Syntax Highlighting open the syles editor -> Open color scheme editor |
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I have implemented most of the suggestions in release 1.0b14. |
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Also;
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quicklook -> Quick Look |
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fixed, thanks |
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I don't like the UI design, There are many unnecessary bloatware features (syntax palette editor) and options (tabs, checkboxes) that do not concern the end user, I don't understand the purpose of having two folders named theme and style. this is a category mistake. All settings related to theme appearance should be stored in a single theme file (syntax highlighting palette included). Only a few important Parser settings (extensions, css theme selection, import-export css, markdown preview) should be determined with the UI, all settings related to the theme should be removed from the interface(syntax color editor. source code tab)
My Minimalist UI design;
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