Lots of great points are being addressed here! I have to admit that a lot of these annoyances go unnoticed when using the software for so long, and having a more tabula rasa perspective is much needed.
Regarding:
- Agree, this should be off by default, I think it is just left on without giving it a second thought, not something that was intended to remain there forever. Especially the accidental closing of the debugging window bypassing the “save changes” prompt is a big no.
- A. Comes down to taste, WM would greatly benefit from custom skins/themes ( hint). I think the nodes are clear and really distinct, but again, that may be because I’m so accustomed to them. Gaea’s nodes look very messy imo, and the gradient used in the nodes from your UE4 vid appears really cheap imo, but again, that comes down to taste, not a big deal. As for the wires, I find curved wires way more confusing and less appealing than the WM approach. Comes down to a personal preference, and being able to choose the wire rendering style would be great.
B. Right click is the overall “cancel” in WM, and changing this to left click would break that language. That said, why not both? - Fonts are disastrous, especially the bitmap fonts used for the devices. The example shown is, if I were to guess, not meant to be like that and is probably missed before release of this update. I would suggest using the Inter font and to use a consistent font sizing.
- Again, preference, needs a theme. I can see why long term users would like to use the current icons. That said, I totally agree the icons need an overhaul.
- Comes down to preference once again, but also because I’m used to it. Especially on a ultrawide or multi monitor setup it is annoying to always have to go to the right side of the screen. This should, again, be optional.
- Great point. Border highlighting would be great to have. The proposed UI element feels unnecessary as we already have the big buttons at the top, the F5-F9 shortcuts and RMB->view pane option. It would be extra clutter of the screen.
- Agree.
- Agree, too much of it, but again, you also get used to it after a while (same for smooth scrolling in certain applications like FireFox).
- This should be a preference. I use this function all the time, especially in macro development, and the “right click to cancel” is so heavily baked into my mind, I don’t even think about it. I do understand why it is annoying if it’s the only option available.
- Same as above, being able to use one hand instead of having to use a two button shortcut (CTRL+V) together with mouse motion is a much nicer experience to me. Again, comes down to personal preference.
- 100% agree.
The main purpose of the LTE update is to enable these UI changes. For now, it is “just” an update to a new framework with some additional work flow improvements. The UI is still far from picture perfect, but I’m sure it will be updated to today’s standard.