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- From: soft-logik@cup.portal.com (Kevin W Davidson)
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- Subject: AE Responses from Mike Loader
- Message-ID: <73450@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 16:16:00 PST
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- From: Michael Loader <76004.1676@CompuServe.COM>
- To: <soft-logik@cup.portal.com>
- Subject: Re: Bugs/comments on Art Expression/BME
- Message-Id: <930112150026_76004.1676_CHN80-1@CompuServe.COM>
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- Some replies to post back to Doug Dyer...
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- Art Expression Comments
-
- We are working on preferences printing. We are unable to crash AE when
- printing to preferences, but have had several reports of this. At this
- point, we can only recommend the following: set the paper size in prefs
- to the same size as the page size in AE. Set scaling to integer. We
- hope to have more information and improved preferences printing in the
- near future.
-
- Saving / loading DR2D: that is fixed in AE 1.02 which will be mailed
- free of charge to all registered AE 1.0 and 1.01 owners starting
- next week.
-
- Coordinates freeze with Draw tool: fixed AE1.02.
-
- Freehand tool, Esc key doesn't work: that is a new bug, thanks for
- reporting it. We'll try to get that fixed in the next version after
- 1.02.
-
- Pie slice requester and different font: new bug. I'll put on list.
-
- Sliders: that is not a strange lack of sliders, in our opinion. Sliders
- are inappropriate interface gadgets for the situations you mentioned.
- (i.e., polygon number of sides.) We hope to use popup menus (like in
- the HotLinks Publish requester.) Popup menus and cycle gadgets are
- a superior way to do this, but cycle gadgets shouldn't be used for
- more than 2 or 3 choices, so popup menus should be used.
-
- Sample graphics: shipping duplicated the HotLinks Editions version
- of BME instead of the Art Expression version of BME (the AE one
- has the sample graphics, but the program is the same) by mistake
- for a few copies of 1.01. If you want these graphics, please call
- tech support or email us (CIS 76004,1676, GEnie SL-TECH) and we
- will send you a replacement disk. (You must be registered.)
-
- Add point: it is senseless to add a button to the toolbox for this
- when adding a point is so simple (Alt click on path). Using a tool
- for this would make the toolbox prettier, but would decrease the
- functionality of the program.
-
- Grouping: our user testing showed that grouping is better accomplished
- via the keyboard. If you can have one hand on the mouse and the other
- on the keyboard, it is easier to hit 'g' than to choose a tool. Most
- professionals and beginners find that constant trips to the toolbox
- slow down work. Totally iconic interfaces (like on German Atari
- programs) are not the way to go.
-
- Default font: we plan on changing this in the next major version.
-
- Michael - Soft-Logik Publishing
-