Comment 7 for bug 730834

On March 13, 2011 03:29:41 pm tmodes wrote:
> > 2. "HIGHLIGHT OF MOVABLE SELECTION"
> >
> > I do:
> > * set drag mode to normal, individual
> > * activate/deactivate images
> >
> > The only feedback I have about the selection
> > are the checkboxes in the images buttons.
> > It is difficult to keep track.
>
> When I move the mouse over the image toggle button I see the
> corresponding image highlighted in the preview. So it's easy to keep
> track.

that's not "easy to keep track" when there are more image toggle buttons than
fit the screen.

easy to keep track means for me: see them *all* at a glance without having to
look at the image toggle buttons and mapping them mentally to images on the
panosphere.

> > 3. HIGHLIGHT COLORS
> >
> > Currently highlighting of images is very colorful
> > but color does not convey any additional information.
>
> Wrong. If I hover over the images in the preview the colors add
> addtional information, especially if I hover over an area which is
> covered by different images. This is for me an addtional information.

Semantics. For me what you describe is *basic* information from the fast
preview prior to the introduction of the recent functionalities.

*Additional information* would be, for example, whether I am using the
identify tool or the drag tool.