Xara Designer Pro 6 Only large buttons?

[JimR]

Before you start playing with Alt-Ctrl-Shift-S (like I just did!) please note that it removes all your custom buttons both in the left and top buttons menu....

It's interesting that you want smaller buttons, I had the opposite opinion when I installed XD6. I think it comes from the resolution of your screen. I am working on a 24" 1980x1200 screen and I have plenty of room for bigger buttons.

JimR

[NeilH]

Yes the new UI supports large buttons only, so the options to turn on small buttons are disabled.

We did this because the new flyout bars allow us to provide more buttons without having to fit them all on a permanently visible bar. And because it means we don't need to double up every icon design and on the default bar layouts by having both large and small versions (the 16x15 sizes were a real challenge for the icon designers to make them recognisable). It also allows us to make the different related products (Web Designer, PGD, Pro, etc.) have similar bar layouts which helps with help text and screenshots many of which are shared between the different products.

The old UI which you can switch to (as mentioned elsewhere) does still support large and small icons, but in future releases this may not be supported.

Neil

[Boy]

The old UI which you can switch to (as mentioned elsewhere) does still support large and small icons, but in future releases this may not be supported.

As indicated in various threads and the poll and despite the 'snappy' look of the new interface, many of us would like Xara to continue to offer the old light gray UI and the small icons in future releases!

[NeilH]

Yes I realise the old look is still popular with many (though the new dark look seems to be wining so far in the poll). But obviously it takes extra resources to have to maintain, test, document, etc. alternative UIs. Such as every new icon design being required in multiple styles/sizes. It may be better to spend the effort on other program improvements, if we can find a single UI style that the vast majority are happy with.
Anyway it's still early days, so we'll see what feedback we get as more and more people try the new version and users start to get used to the new style.

Neil