navigation UI

[joerg]

it is great to be able to split the Navigation tabs but usage still a bit strange if you constantly working a consistence UI would be great. Why not doubleclicking somewhere in the line and make editing names in rightclick ?  or have the clickable column in front (very left) on both palettes! so i have to concentrate which column i click because it is different in sheet layers and designlayers, and than even the sheetlayer is activatet one desgnlayer is highlighted for some reason.

[Art V]

It's one of those small things that you get used to after a while but it still takes a short moment to adjust if you automatically click in the same spot in the other panel. However over time it does add up with all these small (and not so small) inconsistencies.

 

One factor in a good workflow/UI is being able to do things without knowing you're doing them, i.e. you don't have to pay attention to it because it is an automatism that just works.

 

I used to have that with AutoCAD, someone once asked me what I just exactly did to get something done and I couldn't tell because it was all automatism. With VW I have this to a  (sometimes much) lesser extent, which is imho too bad because it indicates a non-optimal UI.

Edited September 24, 2020 by Art V
typo corrections for clarity

[joerg]

i totally agree! there are many little things i would love to change which you notice only if you work a week for 10hours a day ... the level of concentration is exhausting but a UI designer who doesn't works with a program will never notice... the goal should be the automation of a musical instrument...you wouldn't change the keys on a piano maybe only on the left side or the change the pedals because you like it that way...