Comments on: One Line Toolbar http://www.symphonious.net/2008/10/16/one-line-toolbar/ Living in a state of accord. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adrian Suttonhttp://www.symphonious.net/2008/10/16/one-line-toolbar/comment-page-1/#comment-173674 Adrian Sutton Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:28:27 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/?p=980#comment-173674 Which leads to Sutton's second law of editors: If it ain't got a menu bar, it ain't worth .... much. :) Which leads to Sutton’s second law of editors:
If it ain’t got a menu bar, it ain’t worth …. much. :)

]]> By: Damienhttp://www.symphonious.net/2008/10/16/one-line-toolbar/comment-page-1/#comment-173672 Damien Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:46:51 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/?p=980#comment-173672 While I agree with Sutton's first law of editors, I would also add that EditLive! might be a bit of a special case because it is amongst the few editors that appear to believe in menus. I've often said that menus are critical for usability. You need menus to learn what the toolbar icon is to start with, and to learn what the shortcut key is supposed to be for a command. So if you are following Sutton's first law, make sure you still remember to have a full set of commands on the menus so that your users can still access the full set of commands even if they can't remember the shortcut. While I agree with Sutton’s first law of editors, I would also add that EditLive! might be a bit of a special case because it is amongst the few editors that appear to believe in menus. I’ve often said that menus are critical for usability. You need menus to learn what the toolbar icon is to start with, and to learn what the shortcut key is supposed to be for a command.

So if you are following Sutton’s first law, make sure you still remember to have a full set of commands on the menus so that your users can still access the full set of commands even if they can’t remember the shortcut.

]]> By: Sunethhttp://www.symphonious.net/2008/10/16/one-line-toolbar/comment-page-1/#comment-173484 Suneth Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:46:13 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/?p=980#comment-173484 Suttons's first law of editors doesn't apply to Mac apps!!! If Mr.Jobs can invent an application without any buttons, he would! Suttons’s first law of editors doesn’t apply to Mac apps!!! If Mr.Jobs can invent an application without any buttons, he would!

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