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Re: Hex (hic!) menu interface?


On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 00:53, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> The following is brought to you by Gulden Draak, a fine Belgian beer.
> Or two.  At 10.5% ABV, that's all it takes!

Err...seriously, you should allow the beer to get out of your system
before you click "Send".

> 
> Ok, I propose a hex menu interface, a "right click" paradigm.  Instead
> of all this screwing around with mousing over to some static icon real
> estate, you right click wherever your mouse is currently at.  Up pops a
> hex with radius of either 2 or 3, embodying either 7 or 19 selection
> icons.  It is centered at your cursor so that movement to a selection is
> minimal.  I *hate* having to be coordinated with conventional
> rectangular popup menus.  My way is RISC, my way is KEWL.  I'm not sure
> how one gets this done in 2D.  I know how I'd get it done in 3D, so if
> necessary that's where I'll go.  PURE RECTANGLE ON THE MOVE!

I have no idea what you just said.

> 
> By "propose" I mean I'm gonna build it.  I'm asking you if you think
> it's good or see problems with it, not asking you to implement it for
> me.

That might be the best way to give us a clear idea of what you're
talking about.

> 
> So, whaddya think?  And you'd better [expletive] respond this time.  I'm
> sick to *[expletive] DEATH* of you guys ignoring my posts.  If you want to
> ignore me and have me go away so I don't trouble your Linux / Mac asses
> anymore, JUST [expletive] SAY SO.  I'll be GONE.  I don't mean this as
> hostility, but you guys are UNRESPONSIVE to a lot of stuff and it
> IRRITATES ME.

I think that the problem is that there are so few people working on
Xconq.  And all of us have obligations outside of Xconq, which further
reduces the amount of time we can spend on it.

And you really do sound hostile.  Perhaps writing an e-mail immediately
after drinking an alcoholic beverage was not such a good idea.

> 
> Yaaah, how the hell do you think *THIS GUY* spent his Friday night??
> And I mean *spent*, damn, the stories I could tell you about debt...

My understanding is that you should not participate in an open-source
project unless you want to do so.  If it's not enjoyable, you should
find something else to do.



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