Jump to content

Simplify New Document Menu


Recommended Posts

Hey-o:

Just want to suggest that the new template features of the New Document GUI be secondary to a simpler version.  It's great to have all these templates, but they shouldn't be featured over the simpler version.  There should be the original, simple New Document GUI with a Templates disclosure triangle for example.  Right now, creating a new document is overwhelming.

 

Thanks,
John

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I wouldn't call it overwhelming, but the windows could indeed be a lot clearer, I have two issues with this window:

-- The selection between "My Presets", "Print", "Photo" is too confusing and barely visible (tiny font on top of the window, dark grey on darker grey, the selected one light grey on dark grey). When you select either "Print" or "Press Ready" the actual previews and page sizes below are of exactly the same size and scale, only differences are in the selection of advanced options like color profile, bleed and so on, so all page sizes exist twice and you have to be careful, not to accidentally select the one for the wrong purpose.

-- Get rid of the wireframe previews -- when I select "Press Ready" I see 36(!) identical (!) wireframe previews to choose from. While a preview makes sense for templates with different content, these ones are mostly useless and invite to accidentally clicking the wrong one, when it's all same-size wireframes. Even in the "devices" section the wireframes are all identical -- the 4" Apple Watch has the same rectangular preview graphic as the 12" iPad -- Very confusing and very easy to select the wrong option.

My suggestions: Make the purpose / size selection similar to the iPad one and put it on top of the ,advanced settings' (Layout, Pages, Colour...) -- one dropdown for the purpose (photo, device, print, web, ...) and a second one (context sensitive, list depends on the selected purpose) for the size that lists the name (Apple Watch 5, A4, Facebook Header ...) and the measurements (4", 210x297mm, 1280x300px ...).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 year later...
4 hours ago, Toad said:

I agree with jth4, but the difference is I don't know how to get to the simpler version of 'NEW'. 

There is no longer a "simpler" version. It hasn't existed since 1.8, if I remember correctly.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Guidelines | We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.