[BRLTTY] Preferences submenu structure

Nicolas Pitre nico at fluxnic.net
Mon Dec 10 17:51:13 EST 2012


On Mon, 10 Dec 2012, Mario Lang wrote:

> Nicolas Pitre <nico at fluxnic.net> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 10 Dec 2012, Mario Lang wrote:
> >
> >> I keep having a hard time finding specific items in our current
> >> preferences submenu structure since it was established.  While I find it
> >> very good that we have submenus now, I sort of find the menus
> >> unintuitive.  I keep having to open several submenus until I find the
> >> item I am looking for.  Now, this might of course just be me, and I will
> >> eventually overcome it hopefully.  On the other hand, since this is
> >> coming back at me for several months now, I wonder if other people share
> >> the same experience.  If so, I have to admit that while I feel it is not
> >> intuitive (to me) I dont have a particular suggestion on how to improve
> >> the situation.  So as you might see, I am in a sort of a dillema.  While
> >> I want something *else* structure-wise, I dont know what.
> >
> > Could you first provide examples of things you were looking for and 
> > didn't find intuitively?
> 
> Braille Firmness, Braille Sensitivity, Highlight Window, Autorepeat.

OK.  So I went in the menu trying to find those items specifically.  And 
indeed, I couldn't get them on the first try.

I think the "Text Presentation" might gain in clarity by being renamed 
to "Braille Presentation".  That should take care of the first two.

Then, "Navigation" and "Controls" are arguably similar in meaning.  I 
was trapped into the Navigation menu expecting Autorepeat to be in 
there.  On second look I agree with the fact that it is rightfully 
located in the Controls menu.  So maybe Controls should be listed before 
Navigation.

And lastly, "Navigation" is a bit vague too.  Maybe that should simply 
be "Window" or "Braille Window".


Nicolas


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