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  1. #11
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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    with you on that egg

    and wasn't it zeb who said he didn't care what the UI was like because he spent most of his time looking at the workspace....
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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    I've used the new interface for a few days and while I wouldn't have chosen to switch, I don't think that it's a bad step.

    Looking side-by-side at the previous icons and the new ones, it's obvious that someone has put in a lot of work.

    I really feel for whoever had to make them in single colours though - it really can't have been easy: seeing what they included, removed, and had to change is fascinating.

    I think the "Photo Heal" button is interesting, why it isn't a X shaped plaster anymore - it isn't obviously a plaster now but I'm interested to know what it would've been like if the original was just made a single colour.

    The"Palette from photo" tool lost its squares of colour, obviously, and that's I think my favourite change - tied with the "Panorama" button: having lost the visual clue of grassy hillside and sky to imply panorama, the new button is clever.

    The "Clone/Magic Erase" button is very pin-on-a-map or "location"-like, and less stamp-like.

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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    I've a question for those using the new interface. How does it handle 'not-usable'/'usable' and 'not-activated'/'activated' states such as shown in the old interface?
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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    there is a school of thought that coloured icons can be confusing as the colour can take precedence over the shape

    the same shape all different colours - easy to differentiate
    the same colour all different shapes - easy to differentiate
    different shapes and different colours together, confusing

    the smaller the icons become the more this is so; the brain goes for the colour first and can 'lose' the shape

    so some will find it easier and some will not depending on their familiarity with the original and how well they differentiate the icons...
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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    Doh, I just spent ten minutes looking for a button for 'not-usable'/'usable', wondering how I'd used Xara for 20 years and never heard of that

    I realised what you meant, and here you go...

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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    The full set
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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    Quote Originally Posted by JoeSomebody View Post
    I agree with Egg on this one... I do not prefer dark interfaces, and love vibrant enough colors so as to actually assist me... regarding the vector tools again, I agree... more powerful and yet user friendly tools... I am not sure how to quite describe such. Yet lol

    Don't forget you can always switch to a light and colourful interface by using Sift+Control+Alt+S although this seems to have been forgotten by Xara recently and has a couple of minor issues with visibility of some elements (e.g. in the page and layer gallery) also the button pallet has display problems as lots of the button on that are not visible!

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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    Great to see you Rob!
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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    Quote Originally Posted by Daniel View Post
    Doh, I just spent ten minutes looking for a button for 'not-usable'/'usable', wondering how I'd used Xara for 20 years and never heard of that

    I realised what you meant, and here you go...

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    Thanks. I guess after a while one gets used to the new scheme but I prefer to have some colors to help the brain locate the needed button and its state a bit faster.

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    Default Re: FINALLY! THE NEW INTERFACE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... THANKS XARA

    Quote Originally Posted by Rob-H View Post
    Don't forget you can always switch to a light and colourful interface by using Sift+Control+Alt+S although this seems to have been forgotten by Xara recently and has a couple of minor issues with visibility of some elements (e.g. in the page and layer gallery) also the button pallet has display problems as lots of the button on that are not visible!
    Not forgotten ... the light interface (although available) is no longer officially supported.
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