Posted by ravas on
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Menus-Toolbars-Clicks-and-efficiency-tp5714292p5714293.html

- No tooltips, so until you know what the top level menu icons are you have to go to the text tool menu to find out.

I never thought about that, and it was never suggested in the testing phase.

-- for complex drawings where you are doing multiple lines, circles ... (e.g. when creating basic construction layers) and particularly when modifying it's more clicks and less efficient.

The categories toolbar (in my mind) is for tools we don't use often.
The primary aspect of the update is the custom toolbar / menu system.
With custom menus you don't even need to leave the drawing area.
https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/wiki/Widgets

!! Create docked toolbar layout save/load function

I considered doing this... but couldn't find the motivation.

Caveat - My primary user OS is Windows but I do use others. However at this level I think most apps are fairly consistent across OS'es.
-- Separate options menu. Most folk know to go to File options/prefs, Edit options/prefs or in certain specific use cases Tools options/prefs. It's weird and inconsistent like this.

I disagree. It's not consistent among other programs, as you actually point out...
is it in File? is it in Edit? is it called Preferences? is it called Options? is it called Settings?
You can't miss the top level Options menu.

--Drawings instead of Windows. I kind of get where you are coming from, but again, this is a pretty long in the tooth standard and when people think how do I make these tabbed windows, they would look for the window menu, not the drawing menu.

It was actually "Window" (singular) which bothered me.
I thought Drawings was more specific.