I realize that there's pros and cons to this UI selection vs box popups. However I don't believe the choice is at all cut and dry. When I stopped using the pie menu (because it doesn't exist in viewer 2.x) I discovered all sorts of navigation difficulties that where previously unknown.
- The box dropdown requires the user to have greater precision and care when making selections - The pie menu supported muscle-memory for choices better - The pie menu does a better job of hiding the rarely used options and conversely making the most popular options highly visible. - The pie menu obscured less of the screen when it was active - The pie menu as implemented does a better job of cloaking/disabling unusable choices, the box menu greys them out but they are still visually harder to navigate. - The pie menu always pops up directly under the cursor, the box menu pops up to an indeterminent side depending on position. This is more predictable behavior and requires less mouse movement. - There's a large number of users already familiar with the pie menu. - After using both methods for a while, the pie menu is my personal preference by a fair margin. I looked at the XUI API docs to see what would be involved in bringing them back. I was concerned to see that the pie menu status lists as "deprecated". I believe this should be re-examined and hopefully be in the backlog for debate. _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
