Re: [Gretl-users] gretl icon view changes

> I think this feature will make Gretl a little bit confusing for an average > user (Gretl’s approach focuses on ease of use). But Talha, what do you think > if Gretl starts to use "tabs" just like internet browsers (Mozilla Firefox, > Internet Explorer, and Safari)? I am not sure about whether my proposal would make things look too confusing as long as all objects are specified with their types in the column next to them and have their own nice looking icons in the icon view. This setup enables easily performing complex operations via the GUI representing an important innovation in the domain of econometric software. For example one could in the future select combinations of variables, scalars and matrices and do all sorts of operations using a right click menu or a "Linear algebra" toolbar. I know we have the console for doing everything but the same argument can be made for performing any complex operation outside the domain of econometrics. Some people prefer doing everyting using the console instead of a GUI environment such as KDE or Gnome. The innovation here is to make it possible to easily do everyting with a few mouse clicks. Think of how Photoshop makes extremely complex calculations easily accessible via GUI. There also exists command line tools such as ImageMagic for performing complex operations on graphics files as well. On the other hand, I guess tabs could be nice too :-) This does not cancel the other parts of my proposal regarding making the main window switch between the icon view and detailed list view as well as being able to sort items by cliciking on the column heads etc. Talha -- “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) -- _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users