User Interface Design for Programmers
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html

came across this interesting piece by joel. I particularly like the
description in regards to the mouse, in our UI development, we often times
take a lot for granted, forgetting about other not so typical usage, for
example working on stylus tablet.



Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:
> zeroin23 wrote:
> > (1)
> > Ctrl-W to close window
>
> This is a default setting as of (I think) 3.61a. If for some reason it's not
> set for you, choose the keyboard tab of the editor properties dialog; you can
> set it there.
>
> > (2)
> > Editor>>preference>>misc>>Line Numbering
> > shows line numbering only for one window, anyway to show it for ALL window?
>
> Not at this point. I might add it though.
>
> > (3)
> > What is the cyan bar on the left for? I assumed that to be the line number
> > display area, but it is not. aka Left Margin
>
> Bookmarks indicators. Potentially other things at some point.
>
> > (4)
> > Notepad++, Opera, have zoom function.
> > where you hold down Ctrl and use scroller on mouse to change the font
> > display.
>
> This is not a common feature in code editors. Not to say it won't get done,
> but it's not high on my list right now.
>
> > (5)
> > recent file list should be together with nEW and oPEN Menu.
>
> Not sure what you mean by this. If you mean it should be near the top, I
> don't think this would be a good idea.
>
> > (6)
> > a Window Menu would be more useful instead of putting the list of opened
> > windows under fILE
>
> Actually the File menu doesn't have a list of opened windows at all (except
> by co-incidence, in that the recent file list at the bottom of that menu will
> include some of the open windows).
>
> I agree it would be nice to have a window menu.
>
> -- Chris

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