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Posted 2004-10-18, 10:42 AM
in reply to BlueCube's post starting "This is just the MAP EDITOR WINDOW, and..."
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BlueCube said:
This is just the MAP EDITOR WINDOW, and I'm only including GUI differences.
+ denotes good, - is bad. Obviously.
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(Note that, 1/8 zoom view is also missing, but this is less of a GUI issue than a feature issue.)
-Keyboard menu shortcuts are gone (alt+F SHOULD open the File menu, but it no longer does.).
-Keyboard shortcuts that ARE available aren't labeled (for example, Help should have F1 by it, and the Layers should have F5/F6/F7/F8 by them, F12 to test play, etc).
-Drawing tools are no longer right above the tiles, where they should be.
-Toolbar icons are now able to be selected from a dropdown... This is absolutely useless without keyboard shortcuts. It's just clutter at this point.
-Maps are no longer centered while viewing them. To see this, do the minimum map size (20x15). XP draws it in the top-left, 2003 centers it.
-Maps that don't take up the full editing window have a neutral blue around it instead of a "this isn't part of the map you bozo" diamond pattern. This is bad, considering the large amount of water in most games.
+Cut/Copy/Paste/Delete are now available on the toolbar, in the proper location. This is nice, useless for me but is a good idea for people who don't like Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V, etc.
+Play button now green, and is on the right-most side, which is nice.
+Save/Open/New icons are now the more familiar Windows icons.
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These are all usablity issues, and look like they're made by someone who hasn't read up on good GUI design.
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(reminds me of the debate of how starcraft 2 should be)
Maybe they did that on purpose and they will improve on the upgrade (or is Xp soppose to be rm2k4...)
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