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Re: gEDA-user: PCB a bad name ?
Let's not even THINK about dumbing down the impressive power of PCB
by changing its UI to make it take a few hours instead of a few days to
learn. The trade-off is one that every serious engineer or even
spare-time tinkerer should be more than willing to make.
-Dave
I agree. One of the things I love about PCB is the fact that
there are single key commands, to switch layers, and choose
tools, etc. This means I can work two handed, making it faster,
and reducing RSI.
If I could change something about the interface, I would like
to see it being more dynamic, I.E. giving more real-time feedback
to the user. At the moment, there are the mouse coordinates in
the top right of the window, but more info would be useful too.
When you hover the mouse over an object, it would be great if
the object could highlight, so you can be sure you know what
you'll grab when you click. And other info could be displayed
about that object too. For example track/via thickness, drill size,
joined or not. Also an outline of the solder-resist spacing.
When you hover the mouse over a grab handle, they could
appear, so you know what'll happen when you click n' drag.
Anything which makes the interface even less 'clicky' is great
in my opinion.
Many thanks - Hugo
Shadow Robot Company
(check out our robot hand. All 37 PCBs in it were designed with Pcb.
http://www.shadowrobot.com/hand/overview.shtml)
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