Modern Word Processor Discussion Thread

[goodintentions]

Like going from light blue at the top to dark blue at the bottom and when a certain tab is active perhaps make it yellow, like a highlighter. It tells the user which tab is active.

Looks better?

 

[TheManWithTheBunnyTattoo]

Any suggestion on how I could make the menu better?

So far, it's been unanimously agreed that having a full screen for document with collapsible menu items is the best way. How about this, instead of scrolling through the menu, the menu items can go down to the end of the screen and then continue on in a column to the right? Would this work better? It's still collapsible, but it will come out in columns instead of a long scroll.

Edit.

Oh yeah, can anyone who hasn't bought the app confirm that you now get 3 days full features before going into read-only mode?

yeah, i like that it's collapsible (only being able to read three lines at a time was my biggest gripe of owning a netbook before), it's the act of scrolling through the menu items that i wasn't too fond of, i think it should be a fixed menu.

The input from surface pro 2 owners would be more helpful than mine since they are the ones with the space problem. Maybe now that the menu bars are collapsible, you can have the options in 2-3 columns? It was tsurugaya who mentioned it last. (sorry about my last comment btw, it sounded a little harsh upon reread) maybe he has some more input on the menu that can address my concerns.

 

[goodintentions]

yeah, i like that it's collapsible (only being able to read three lines at a time was my biggest gripe of owning a netbook before), it's the act of scrolling through the menu items that i wasn't too fond of, i think it should be a fixed menu.

The input from surface pro 2 owners would be more helpful than mine since they are the ones with the space problem. Maybe now that the menu bars are collapsible, you can have the options in 2-3 columns? It was tsurugaya who mentioned it last. (sorry about my last comment btw, it sounded a little harsh upon reread) maybe he has some more input on the menu that can address my concerns.

Thank you for suggestion. My test devices are an 8" tablet and a 22" monitor. You are absolutely right that muscle memory comes into play once a person uses this app often enough. And with muscle memory in the game, a scrollable menu is definitely a no-no. I'll start looking for other options on how to display the menu items without a scrollviewer and without sacrificing screen space.

You think the gradient tabs are ok?

 

[TheManWithTheBunnyTattoo]

Thank you for suggestion. My test devices are an 8" tablet and a 22" monitor. You are absolutely right that muscle memory comes into play once a person uses this app often enough. And with muscle memory in the game, a scrollable menu is definitely a no-no. I'll start looking for other options on how to display the menu items without a scrollviewer and without sacrificing screen space.

You think the gradient tabs are ok?

Great! I wish I could give some suggestions for menu.

As for the gradient, i'm not really a fan (nor a fan of the tabs). Like I said before, I really like the design of anything and everything minimalist lol.

But if you're set on the gradients, I think the gradient should stop a lot sooner instead of fading at the 50% point (maybe stop the gradient so that it's 12.5% light blue to 87.5% dark blue..maybe even less!). Also, instead of highlighting the tab being used in yellow (it's very jarring and bright on the eyes) you could just enlarge the tab being used. It would give the same effect we are looking for.

I can see the function that the tabs are supposed to serve (to let users know that those are buttons to be pressed) but they make your program look a little dated :/ maybe a quick tutorial could serve the same purpose. (Then again, I'm nitpicking too. you can't please everyone! as long as it's functional I'm happy)

 

[goodintentions]

I can see the function that the tabs are supposed to serve (to let users know that those are buttons to be pressed) but they make your program look a little dated :/ maybe a quick tutorial could serve the same purpose. (Then again, I'm nitpicking too. you can't please everyone! as long as it's functional I'm happy)

Sure, I can. That's what themes are for. You guys just convinced me to make themes for the sole purpose of aesthetics. In one theme, everything will be a tab bathed in gradient colors and in another everything will be a rectangle with solid colors. Heck, I'll even add in a gray theme for a user that emailed me a couple weeks ago. He wanted to see all gray with no colors at all.

 

[TheManWithTheBunnyTattoo]

Sure, I can. That's what themes are for. You guys just convinced me to make themes for the sole purpose of aesthetics. In one theme, everything will be a tab bathed in gradient colors and in another everything will be a rectangle with solid colors. Heck, I'll even add in a gray theme for a user that emailed me a couple weeks ago. He wanted to see all gray with no colors at all.

You tricky bastard! haha I stand corrected. Can't wait the new changes! I'll be using the program a lot in a couple weeks so I'll have more suggestions for tweaks. So far it's been great though!

 

[goodintentions]

You tricky bastard! haha I stand corrected. Can't wait the new changes! I'll be using the program a lot in a couple weeks so I'll have more suggestions for tweaks. So far it's been great though!

I just corrected my boyfriend's English paper with it. Right off the bat, I thought to myself "gee wiz I sure wish that radial menu would go away." So, I just added an option in he upper left corner to disable the radial menu. You can bring it back or disable it with a simple checkbox.

Also found a bug in the spell checker.

 

[Tsurugaya]

Yeah, I like it better now. Makes it more obvious as to what is activated. If it doesn't take up a lot of memory then making that part user defined is a clear improvement.

 

[goodintentions]

Yeah, I like it better now. Makes it more obvious as to what is activated. If it doesn't take up a lot of memory then making that part user defined is a clear improvement.

Nah, themes are tedious to do, but they don't take up much room. I've already one theme (your theme) down. I'll send out an update sometime next week for at least 3 themes. As time goes on, I'll have more themes. There's one in my head where the buttons are flashing back and forth between bright blue and bright red. Should give a few people an aneurism.

 

[Tsurugaya]

You could call that the Pokemon theme.

 

[goodintentions]

So, while my bf was driving us to a wedding, I played around with color schemes and gradients. You guys will like the choices.

 

[TheManWithTheBunnyTattoo]

So, while my bf was driving us to a wedding, I played around with color schemes and gradients. You guys will like the choices.

can't wait to check them out!