Re: Different PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and 5, user pref??

Date : Thu, 01 Dec 2005 06:27:21 +0000
To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
From : "brad" <brad(at)cg-soup.com>
Subject : Re: Different PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and 5, user pref??
Actually, I just piped my Maya preferences through GATOR. Now XSI's particles seem better and the animators stopped complaining.

>  Just pipe the preferences through a poly reduction node! :)
>  
>  On 11/30/05, KIM ALDIS <[LINK: mailto:kim(at)cg-soup.com] kim(at)cg-soup.com>
>  wrote: I'd like a preference that controls preferencess. In fact, the
>  prererence
>  that controls preferences should have a preference. Which should have a
>  preference.
>  
>  Should preferences have a fractal dimension?
>  
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: [LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>  > [mailto:[LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]  owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  On Behalf Of brad
>  > Sent: 30-November-2005 17:53
>  > To: [LINK: mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM] XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>  > Subject: RE: Different PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and 5, user pref??
>  >
>  > How about a preference that toggles between too many
>  > preferences and too few. That would show us!
>  >
>  > >  And then we'll end up hearing  from the brigade that
>  > believes there
>  > > to be  too many preferences already  :-)
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  - ½
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  --------------------
>  > >  FROM: [LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>  on behalf of Guy  Rabiller
>  > >  SENT: Wed 30-Nov-05 03:26
>  > >  TO:  [LINK: mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM] XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>  > >  SUBJECT: Re: Different PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4  and
>  > 5, user pref??
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  1) Why not add a preference saying "Minimize In Place", so
>  > the  PPG
>  > > would  'minimize' without moving.
>  > >  2) And another option, "Double Click  To Minimize", so double
>  > > clicking on  the title bar would 'minimize' the PPG  rather
>  > than 'shade' it.
>  > >  3) And another option, "Dont Resize Title Bar", ( and  making it
>  > > resizable of course ).
>  > >
>  > >  With these 3 options, we would have  back our behavior.
>  > >
>  > >  Is this too challenging to be added ?
>  > >  --
>  > >  guy  rabiller | 3d technical director (at) LaMaison
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >  kim aldis a écrit  :
>  > >
>  > >  >Surely, you shouldn't be truncating any of it if you want
>  > to know
>  > > what  it  >says? Just make the bar long  enough.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >>-----Original  Message-----
>  > >  >>From: [LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>  > >  >>[[LINK: mailto: [LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  > > mailto:[LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  On  Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
>  > >  >>Sent: 30-November-2005  01:56
>  > >  >>To: [LINK: mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM] XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>  > >  >>Subject: RE: Different PPG  "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and
>  > 5, user pref??
>  > >  >>
>  > >  >>Part of the  issues we need to address is that when there is
>  > > >>less space than  necessary to display a long title, it is the
>  > > >>middle part of the  string that must be truncated rather
>  > than  >>the
>  > > begining or, as in XSI,  the  end.
>  > >  >>
>  > >  >>
>  > >  >>
>  > >  >>>-----Original  Message-----
>  > >  >>>From: kim aldis
>  > >  >>>Posted At: Tuesday,  November 29, 2005 5:04 PM Posted To: xsi
>  > >  >>>Conversation: Different  PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4
>  > and 5,  user
>  > > >>>pref??
>  > >  >>>Subject: RE: Different PPG "rollup"  behaviour XSI 4
>  > and  5,  >>>
>  > > >>>  >>user  pref??
>  > >  >>
>  > >  >>
>  > >  >>>The old ones  were resizeable. There's no guarantee
>  > you're going
>  > > to  >>>know just  how long property names  are.
>  > >  >>>
>  > >  >>>
>  > >  >>>
>  > >  >>>
>  > >  >>>>-----Original  Message-----
>  > >  >>>>From:  [LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>  > >  >>>>[[LINK: mailto:[LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  > > mailto:[LINK: mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
>  On  Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
>  > >  >>>>Sent: 29-November-2005  18:41
>  > >  >>>>To: [LINK: mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM]  XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>  > >  >>>>Subject: RE:  Different PPG "rollup" behaviour XSI 4 and  5,
>  > > >>>>  >>>>  >>>user  pref??
>  > >  >>>
>  > >  >>>
>  > >  >>>>Titles  not being readable on minimized property pages (and
>  > >  >>>>views) is  definitely a serious issue we need to
>  > address; we will
>  > > >>>>also  remove the recycles,lock, follow buttons  on  >>>>  >>>>
>  > > >>minimized  ppgs and  >>  >>
>  > >  >>>>perhaps  make the minimized title bars wider.   The
>  > >  >>>>
>  > >  >>>>
>  > >  >>previous  behaviour
>  > >  >>
>  > >  >>
>  > >  >>>>certainly  wasn't useless, but different people from
>  > different
>  > > >>>>backgrounds have different reactions to  it.
>  > >  >>>>
>  > >  >>>>------------------
>  > >  >>>>Luc-Eric  Rousseau
>  > >  >>>>Team Leader, User  Interface
>  > >  >>>>Softimage|XSI
>  > >  >>>>
>  > >  >>>>
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