Flake tools at the bottom of the toolbox

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Wednesday 19 January 2011, C. Boemann wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 January 2011, Sven Langkamp wrote:
> > We should think about the possibility to remove some of the flake tools.
> > At the moment we have two tools for gradient, path and freehand.
> Combining gradient,pattern tools to one, and combining path and freehand tools 
> is very much on my wishlist.
> 
> As for placing the krita tools on top, doesn't seem anymore inconsistent than 
> placing them on the bottom.  The other apps don't have those tools so how can 
> it be inconsistent.

Well -- all apps have the default tool top-left -- if there's another tool there, it's inconsistent.
 
> I too would like to see some change to the toolbox. In kword I try to use it 
> as a kind of mode switcher. Write tool (for basic writing and formating), a 
> (yet unimplemented) review tool handling spell checking, change tracking and 
> statistics.

I think that, like with the template chooser, it all boils down to: we need real interaction designs.
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Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org, http://www.krita.org