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Old 12-23-2024, 10:04 PM   #37
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I randomly noticed this while poking around...

Bug #1: In Tools > Spellcheck > Spellcheck (Ctrl+Alt+Q)...

Is the "Language" or "Count" columns supposed to be double-clickable/editable?

I was able to double-click into those 2 columns and change the numbers/text...

I think they should be read-only.

(Seems like "Word"/"Misspelled" columns are fine.)

Quote:
Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
I think the one on the left is better, it's from calibre.
Yes, full agree.

Calibre's "checkmark/nothing" column is much more readable than a giant column of "Yes/No".

The more redundant data you can throw out, the better for readability.

(And the power of Spellcheck Lists is the sheer amount of power/data you can shove in such a tiny space and "see-at-a-glance". )

Same exact info I wrote about it way back in 2022!

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On Information Density + organizing data from most important > least important, I also wrote a similar post earlier this year in:

And, as always, one of the best videos I ever ran across on UI/UX was:

Watching those videos helped open my eyes on little annoyances/inconsistencies/inefficiencies like this building up all over the place.

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Side Note: And, when I finally reopened Sigil 2.3.1 after my nearly year-long hiatus from MR, I definitely had some "fresh eyes".

Plenty of little little things that were "invisible" to me before, because I just got used to it after working with it daily for 12+ years, but now I see can use some improvement.

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On Readability of Spellcheck Lists

If it was up to me, I'd flip the "Miss?" column to go all the way to the left + swap it for checkmarks like Calibre.

So you'd go from this:

Current Sigil 2.3.1:

Code:
Word        | Count | Language | Misspelled?
------------|-------|----------|------------
Apples           1    English     No
Bananas          2    English     No
Carrots          3    English     No
Paers          100    English     Yes
Tomatoes        10    English     No
After:

Code:
Miss? | Word        | Count | Language
------|-------------|-------|----------
        Apples           1    English
        Bananas          2    English
        Carrots          3    English
✓       Paers          100    English
        Tomatoes        10    English
This would rank it from most important -> least important, while still maximizing readability.

Heck, maybe even shifting the number too:

Code:
? | Count | Word        Language
--|-------|-----------|----------
      1    Apples       English
      2    Bananas      English
      3    Carrots      English
✓   100    Paers        English
     10    Tomatoes     English
This would especially help when the "Language" (or "Word") column sometimes grows enormously wide.

Compare with big words/language:

Current:

Code:
Word                             | Count | Language                 | Misspelled?
---------------------------------|-------|--------------------------|------------
Apples                                1     German - Liechtenstein     No
Bananas                               2     German - Liechtenstein     No
Carrots                               3     German - Liechtenstein     No
PaersReallyLongWordIsReallyLong     100     German - Liechtenstein     Yes
Tomatoes                             10     German - Liechtenstein     No
After:

Code:
? | Count | Word                             | Language
--|-------|----------------------------------|-----------------------
      1    Apples                             German - Liechtenstein
      2    Bananas                            German - Liechtenstein
      3    Carrots                            German - Liechtenstein
✓   100    PaersReallyLongWordIsReallyLong    German - Liechtenstein
     10    Tomatoes                           German - Liechtenstein
In that case:

1. If "Word" column grows huge, it doesn't really matter, because all the important info stays in the same exact spot. (Along the left-most edge.)

(And it doesn't matter how short/ginormous a word becomes, the numbers are ALWAYS right up against it. )

2. Who cares if "Language" grows huge, it's in the "least important"/"end" column, so it can easily be cut/cropped or tuned-out by your brain.

(But in the original layout, you're CONSTANTLY "jumping over it" to look at the Misspelled column.)

See the IMAGE of where my eyes focus to see if a word is misspelled (or getting the word count) between the 2 versions:

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In the update, your eyes are ALWAYS staying in that very narrow band of columns 1/2/3. Never going 1/2/4.

3. If you toggle "Show All Words", the UI barely budges.

Last edited by Tex2002ans; 12-24-2024 at 12:11 AM.
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