At 2009-03-18 09:51 +0000 Thorsten Lemke wrote:
>I released a new beta today
Thorsten - I guess I should have mentioned this sooner (and I think
maybe I did in the past) so it's probably too late to do anything
about it now, especially as it involves fairly major conceptual ideas.
However, maybe you can take note for the future.
The preferences seem to be a bit spread about in several places.
In the CADintosh menu there are preferences which apply throughout
the application.
In the Edit menu there are backup prefrences which apply only to the
current file.
In the Options menu there are many things which apply only to the current file.
I am happy with the concept that application preferences and file
preferences are separate, but I think it would be useful to have all
the file preferences in one menu. I often forget to turn off the
"make .BAK file" option becuase it's in a different place to all the
other file preferences.
I also think that the display option for the cross-hairs or the
(horrible, disembodied) finger ought to be an application preference,
not a file preference.
There's probably an argument for putting the backup option in the
application preferences too - if the user is always having to change
certain file options on every new file, then they should be in the
application preferences.
It would be interesting to know if anyone else here has any views on the above.
regards
Rowland
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