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Sharing User Interface Enhancements #29

Open AndreReinegger opened 11 years ago

AndreReinegger commented 11 years ago

Let's share some UI enhancements here! A lot of user complain about the "old fashion" not Adobe like UI of Fireworks.

So come on let's share some Ideas for a better and modern UI!

AndreReinegger commented 11 years ago

First of all values should be changeable by hovering over a value and use the mouse finger be draging left and right to change the value.

AndreReinegger commented 11 years ago

The tools should be available in one single row like other Adobe software.

AndreReinegger commented 11 years ago

The canvas size should be changeable directly in the properties inspector (like in the Flash PI)

AndreReinegger commented 11 years ago

Gestures like pinch to zoom should be supported

AndreReinegger commented 11 years ago

When you click on an element the folder in the layers panel should open up and the layer should be highlighted.

designmesk commented 11 years ago

The Filters should have their own panel. The little space they have right now in Properties panel is horrible.

IsabelAracama commented 11 years ago

The one about highlighting the layers x2. When you have lots of different elements, it would be nice to be easier to identify in the layers panel. Also, if possible, being able to apply colors to layers. Helps a lot visually to identify quickly.

AndreReinegger commented 11 years ago

Applying colors to layers is a good one. Even if I am not often have using the layers panel, because most tasks could be done in the properties inspector.

AndreReinegger commented 11 years ago

I like the filters in the properties inspector, because this way it is object based editable over the properties inspector. But it would be great if the filter would be shown in the layers panel with an icon. If you click on the icon there could be a special menu / panel for filter.

turboecart commented 11 years ago

I've been waiting a while for Fireworks to have opacity shortcuts like Photoshop. You press 6 for 60% opacity, 8 for 80% and 8 5 for 85%, etc.

Also, the spring-loaded tools introduced in Photoshop CS4 would be of great help in Fireworks.

fwextensions commented 11 years ago

Regarding the shortcuts for changing opacity, it's not as automatic as in Ps, but you could create keyboard shortcuts for the common percentages with this extension: http://johndunning.com/fireworks/about/ToggleOpacity

Just copy and rename the file for each opacity you want, e.g., Toggle Opacity - 10%.jsf, Toggle Opacity - 20%.jsf, etc., then assign a keyboard shortcut to each one.