Thanks for all the replays :-) Based on all the replies considerations, what do you think about the following compromise? - a slightly larger toolbar with two...
... Personally I do not prefer this way you've just presented. But this is my private opinion and it does not worth a lot. It is hard to find good compromise...
First a buglet: The sheet ref plotting is wrong now, there are numbers along the vertical axis, instead of letters :P This can be simply fixed: Index:...
... I'm glad to see you and others are still in brain storm mode. To review that process: 1) all must know the steps of the brainstorm process and agree on...
hello,everydeveloper To be a electronic engineer I've used just as protel/orcad/pads(powerpcb).etc,I think the following is very important: 1.pcb reuse(pads...
... Pardon me. The last name looked German, and I that I saw a German first name also. Won't happen again. This just re-affirms that email is mostly a lame ...
... Uhmmm... something like macrocells in chip layout, then... never had any reason to need something like that (mostly because... well, if things are SO...
... My first in-house testing shown that herseys in fixed width really suck (the largest character is lowercase 'm', which IIRC is almost the double of a...
... Well my 2 (euro)cents :D I'd LOVE this feature :D near the end, while checking planes and such I always switch on/off the layer a lot of time... it isn't...
... << snipped >> ... << snipped >> ... While we are still in the brain storm mode, I had a few rumblings in my head so I thought I would weight in on this...
... Looking away from PCB CAD for a moment, some CAD systems have a collapsible (saving screen real estate if necessary) and dockable (Useful for multiple...
... I like dockable panels as long as you can quickly hide and unhide them. However, dockable panels seem to quickly become excessive. Many of the modern IDEs...
... Hi Wayne, Yes I totally agree that implementations can go bad. Qt Designer is a case in point for me. The dockable properties dialogs are almost useless at...
... It has been some time since I coded it, but I recall making the DRC dialog modeless without using wxAui. A non-modal or modeless dialog is pretty easy to...
... Your poor soul seems to be in numerous companion. So If i'vent understand bad your idea is make something simpler like a couple of toolbar buttons near the...
... I highly recommend a second monitor. Prices have come down and you will not regret it, I promise. I have 2 x 24" monitors in front of me. That is 48" of...
... What I was thinking was extend the existing layer combobox to include access to simple layer settings such as visibility, color, etc. Keep the existing...
2009/6/2 Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...>: [...] ... This discussion may quickly run out of its original topic. But I have to comment: it is easy to say that...
... Dick is not a price problem, as you know i'm in use to play with Macs that are all but not cheap :) My wokstation is not dedicated to kicad, and i don't...
... I see. ... I think we should give Gabriele as much to do as possible, well as much as he is willing to do anyway :-) . The problem with little steps is ...
... I remember last October or so, before the election, when the congress was unwilling to bail out GM. Bush and Cheney started it, without consent from...
... It seems you don't work 'on the field' then :P I routinely use an 800x480 eeepc just to check around schematics and pcbs :D Everything's fine (had to...
... Agreed. If Gabriele has the time, motivation, and experience to take on this challenge, I'm all for letting take the ball and run with it. ... Once we...
... Your preaching to the choir! All politics aside, I just want to make sure we maintain usability for lower end systems. I don't see anyone using a hand...