Re: Menu layout changes

Randy Kramer wrote:
> On Saturday 04 July 2009 11:04:40 am Martin Sevior wrote:
>> Actually I do exactly what Hub does even though I've using AbiWord
>> for 10 years.
>>
>> First look under insert for insert->table (well I actually I normally
>> use use the funky insert table icon)
>>
>> I don't often use format table but I can see hub's point too.
>>
>> Ryan it would be great to get usability tests.
>> We put it in under table coz that was what an old version of MS Word
>> did.
>
> Usability tests would be great / interesting!
>
> May I suggest an odd perspective:
>
> If object orientation is the wave of the future (I'm not sure), then
> maybe the UI should work the same way--the object is a table, various
> methods on the table include insert, format, ...
>
> Just a different continent heard from ;-)
>
> Randy Kramer
I agree that on a conceptual level, that makes sense, but really very
little in the app is actually set up that way in the menus (context
menus aka right-click are closer to that model), and my hunch is that
people are going to expect inserting all things will require the insert
menu, so for consistency have at least a basic insert table in the
insert menu, with perhaps extra options (insert row, etc) left in the
table menu simply because tables have more unique operations on them
than most other possible things to interact with.

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