Re: [Libreoffice] [PUSHED] Re: [PATCH] optimized zoom to use more common intervals

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drew wrote (26-01-12 08:36)
> On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 08:21 +0100, Jan Holesovsky wrote:
> > Hi Cor,
> >
> > On 2012-01-26 at 00:16 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote:
> >
> > > > > Also I changed the ZOOM_FACTOR from 1.1 to 2^(1/4), it feels better
> > > > > here, the 1.1 means way too much wheel rotation to increase / decrease
> > > > > the zoom considerably; but of course can be changed easily when another
> > > > > [..]
> > > >
> > > > I also thought that 1.2 was a better fit so fine with me.
> > >
> > > Hmm, the issue was that the zoom factor also is used for the + and - in
> > > the zoom slider at the status bar. Jumping from 100 to 125% or so, is
> > > way to fast. Of course just IMHO ..
> > >
> > > What do others think ?
> >
> > In my experience, I was never really using the +/-, because the +-5%
> > step always made me clicking like mad to achieve what I needed, and in
> > most cases I just fell back to using the slider directly (dragging the
> > indicator); so I believe increasing the step for the +/- is the right
> > thing to do here too - but maybe it is just me :-)
>
> Howdy Kendy
>
> Well, I'm with Cor on this one - I use that a fair bit also and the
> finer step is usually what I am looking for.
>
> However as you say there are times it's a real pain and with the slider
> it's rather had to get precise control.
>
> Instead of increasing the step amount by five fold I would rather see
> the +/- auto-repeat if you hold the mouse button down. Not sure how that
> would fair with keyboard bound users though.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> //drew

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