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Graham Smith
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One thing that was a pet hate of mine with the previous editor was the way that editor controls frequently wrapped into multiple rows on devices with small screens.
This seemed like a nonsense to me, as those working with small, usually mobile devices, are those most unlikely to actually want to use the full features of the editor - people who want a deep editing experience will usually want to do so with a decent sized display and a proper keyboard rather than squinting at a six inch display and pecking at an on-screen keyboard.
The previous editor allowed us to define different button layouts for different screen sizes, but this could only go so far to improve the user experience and had the result that small devices could either show a nasty wrapped toolbar, or miss out on controls entirely.
With the latest version of our software, the concept of different button layouts for different display sizes still exists, though it's tweaked the resolution boundaries to better fit today's devices, but a more important change is the new concept of button groups.
Controls are now be assigned to one of four groups. Each group has a number of controls attached, and can independently define the number of buttons visible before a 'more' gadget is shown.
Clicking the 'more' gadget unfurls a secondary toolbar underneath the main controls, in which the remaining controls from the group are contained.
This seemed like a nonsense to me, as those working with small, usually mobile devices, are those most unlikely to actually want to use the full features of the editor - people who want a deep editing experience will usually want to do so with a decent sized display and a proper keyboard rather than squinting at a six inch display and pecking at an on-screen keyboard.
The previous editor allowed us to define different button layouts for different screen sizes, but this could only go so far to improve the user experience and had the result that small devices could either show a nasty wrapped toolbar, or miss out on controls entirely.
With the latest version of our software, the concept of different button layouts for different display sizes still exists, though it's tweaked the resolution boundaries to better fit today's devices, but a more important change is the new concept of button groups.
Controls are now be assigned to one of four groups. Each group has a number of controls attached, and can independently define the number of buttons visible before a 'more' gadget is shown.
Clicking the 'more' gadget unfurls a secondary toolbar underneath the main controls, in which the remaining controls from the group are contained.
