Created: 9-9-2006
Contributors: JoelBryanJuliano
Summary
CustomizableToolbars aims to provide insights and user suggested ideas regarding design of current user interfaces. The purpose of CustomizableToolbars is to allow user prefered toolbar settings for applications,
Rationale
- The current design of applications constains a fixed Menubar, and a Toolbar. By providing options to show/hide the Menubar and providing a customizable Toolbar, applications can deliver a user configurable toolbars and menubar hiding features.
Scope
- The control of Toolbar icons affects the effectiveness of spatial spaces and applications, If a menubar is hidden, alot of options will be absent in the application. Toolbar should contain those important and commonly used actions by customization. The menubar should have a show/hidden function, as well as a way to show them when it's hidden. A Toolbar icon can show them, or via right-click.
Design
Here are some of the mockup design of the CustomizableToolbars implementation.
Comments
JohnPeterson: I've always thought this should be the way every application should behave. Additionally I like the idea of a shared toolbar, similar to how MacOS shares it's menubar. Neither the toolbar or the menubar should be attached to the window.