Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

[Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:08:34AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> 
> This advantage wears off as the user uses the feature more often.
> Using layers is very basic to PCB. Typical use switches layers 
> very often in a session. Because of this, long term aspects become 
> more important, like efficient use of screen real estate and good
> visibility of important aspects.
> 
> Eye icons would demand an additional share of space that cannot be
> used for the canvas. Greyed out buttons buttons are a very intuitive
> and obvious way to signal invisibility.
>

Kai (and others), what do you think of this mockup?:

http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup.png 

-- 
Andrew Poelstra
Email: asp11 at sfu.ca OR apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
Web:   http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/



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