XnTriq wrote:PS: I finally found out what Open only one view for multiple files (statup & drag-drop) / Single view for multi-opened files does: It tells XnView to open only one view tab when several files are to be opened at once (via drag & drop or SendTo etc.).
Does 'Use only one tab' express that? And if so, is it clearer?
cday wrote:Does 'Use only one tab' express that? And if so, is it clearer?
How about “Use only one tab to view multiple files”?
Activate Single view for multi-opened files.
Point XnView's browser to a folder that contains a dozen or so images.
Select four thumbnails.
Hit Ctrl+O on your keyboard (= Open command in the context menu):
Only one view tab is opened.
The Previous file/Next file commands make XnView cicle through the four selected pictures.
The remaining eight images are ignored.
From what I can see in XnView Classic this setting is supposed to affect the Start-up and Drag&Drop to XnView in View mode, only. The current translation in XnView Classic describes pretty much what this setting does:
"Open only one view for multiple files (startup & drag-drop)".
The addition "(Startup & Drag&Drop)" is very essential, so I'd suggest to rename the setting to "Startup & Drag&Drop: Open only one view for multiple files"
Note:
Instead of "view" we discussed using the term "tab", but "view" is the term used for an image opened in XnView in a tab for viewing. And the setting category is named "View". So I'd stick to the term "View".
Below some more comments/suggestions that refer to XnView MP 0.83:
DlgConvertClass: Actions (is obsolete and can be removed because it's replaced by "Actions [1/1]" for example)
DlgImport:
The Source folder of the files to be transferred.
The internal folder structure will be flattered.
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The source folder of the files to be transferred.
The internal folder structure will be flattened (typo)
Info Exif: Subject distance (m) --> Subject distance [m] (units should be in square brackets)
MenuBrowser: Thumbnails + Filename --> Thumbnails + Filenames(just like in XnView Classic)
MenuBrowser: Icon --> Icons(just like in XnView Classic and Windows Explorer)
English | Français | Deutsch
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Eyedropper | Pipette | Pipette
Color picker | Selecteur de couleurs | Farbwähler
“Eyedropper” is the term used in everything from Adobe's Illustrator + Photoshop + Fireworks to Corel's Suite (Draw & Photo-Paint) + Paint Shop Pro + PhotoImpact (and MS Office + OpenOffice + LibreOffice).
XnTriq wrote:... “Eyedropper” is the term used in everything from Adobe's Illustrator + Photoshop + Fireworks to Corel's Suite (Draw & Photo-Paint) + Paint Shop Pro + PhotoImpact.
I just tried in GIMP and there the tooltip says "Color Picker Tool: Set colors from image pixels". And "Pick colors from image" in Inkscape. It looks as if there is no consistent naming.
Perhaps "Pick color" would be both meaningful and fit to the grammatical style of the other tooltips (Add text, Select, ...) of the Draw tool.
Note: In XnView Classic the appropriate tooltip is labeled "Colour information".
helmut wrote:Perhaps "Pick color" would be both meaningful and fit to the grammatical style of the other tooltips (Add text, Select, ...).
Clicking on the foreground/background fields in MP's new Draw tool is what takes users to the color picker dialog.
helmut wrote:I just tried in GIMP and there the tooltip says "Color Picker Tool: Set colors from image pixels". And "Pick colors from image" in Inkscape. It looks as if there is no consistent naming.
EN: "Click the eyedropper, then click a color anywhere on your screen to select that color.”
DE: “Klicken Sie zuerst die Pipette an und anschließend auf einen beliebigen Punkt, um dessen Farbe auszuwählen.”
Wikipedia
GIMP » Features » Color
“There are several ways of selecting colors, including palettes, color choosers and using an eyedropper tool to select a colour on the canvas.”
ColorZilla » Features
“Eyedropper” vs. “Color picker”
Color tool
“color tool, color picker, or color chooser in an application, is a utility, usually found within graphics software or online, used to choose colors or create color schemes.”
Thank you for the various links, XnTriq. As written before, the naming for this tool is inconsistent throughout graphic tools: GIMP, MS Paint, Paint.NET, Inkscape, and probably more use "Color picker" while other graphic tools use "Eyedropper". And in the manuals/documentation the terms aren't used consistently either. All in all "Eyedropper" is more precise and differentiates from the "Color picker" dialog that allows for picking a color from a predefined sample palette or spectrum.
In the Draw tool of XnView I'd go for "Pick color from image". This is both a clear and easy to understand tooltip and fits to the imperative used for the other tooltips ("Add text", "Select", "Undo", ...). Sure enough "Eyedropper" or "Eyedropper Tool" are also fine.
helmut wrote:In the Draw tool of XnView I'd go for "Pick color from image". This is both a clear and easy to understand tooltip and fits to the imperative used for the other tooltips ("Add text", "Select", "Undo", ...). Sure enough "Eyedropper" or "Eyedropper Tool" are also fine.
Given the circumstances you mentioned (“Add”, “Select”, etc.), I would also prefer "Pick color from image" as tooltip for the eyedropper button.
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