[gme-users] GME suggestions / ergonomic feature requests

[gabtromb]

GME metamodels seem to occupy a LOT of space on the screen. I would 
suggest the following features to make it more usable

1- Among the various zoom levels, it seems to me that you are skipping 
the one in which the font is Arial size 7. This was the main font size 
which I would have kept, since size 7 is the smallest size in which 
Arial is perfectly readable, in facts it has even less artifacts than at 
size 9 which is the one you are using by default. I suggest to use size 
7 by default in the model view and also in the aspects dockable window.

2- The metamodel icons are too big compared to what is written inside. I 
suggest you don't leave more than 3 pixels of white space horizontally 
and 2 vertically between the charachter strings inside the metamodel 
icons and the borders of the metamodel icons themselves. Also if there 
are no attributes, the empty attibutes region should be half high than 
it is now.

3- Provide a "hand" feature like in Acrobat Reader to move the sheet if 
it's larger than viewable area. It should be a button among the tools on 
the left.
AND
I also suggest to trigger the hand behaviour while the middle mouse 
button is held down (central mouse button is currently unused now, 
correct?) and/or when [SHIFT] is pressed and left mouse button is down. 
Disregard the WM_MOUSEWHEEL messages while the central mouse button is 
down, because many people have the wheel as middle mouse button, which 
is likely to rotate while pressed.


Thanks for this excellent application
Gabriele Trombetti