Gmoccapy - A new screen for linuxcnc

Glad you made it man. You will enjoy this screen. The next nest thing to sliced bread

JT,

Do you know my YouTube channel? There are several videos of gmoccapy demnstrating the usage.
It may help to get faster used to the GUI.

I would like to get more intuitive icon, do you have a sugestion?

Have you noticed, that every button has a tooltip? Just stay a little while with the mouse over a buttonand it will apear.

Norbert

Norbert,

No, I don't know your you tube channel. I do try and avoid you tube and other areas that have heavy download so I don't run my usage up. If they are short I can view a few of them.

On a good note I did manage to get the configuration to home but I still have problems with the spindle slowly winding up for some strange reason. I just ran Touchy and got the same so the drive must have forgot the ramp time...

As for icon's I prefer text based icons as they are not subject to interpretation. A button with "Home" pretty much spells it out for me and text based buttons should be able to be translated with a po file or however they do it.

If you hide the mouse the tool tips don't work and a touch screen usually does not have a mouse handy even though I do as well as a keyboard.

JT

JT
I know it gets harder as we get older (me included) but one has to learnt a new thing sometimes. The buttons that Norbert used is similar to some industrial machines. There is an ISO standard for industrial machines but I dont think lots of manufacturers keep to that. An operator just have to learn. Wait till you see the stuff the Chinese guys comes up with. :0

This screen is actually quick the get under the belt. The most difficult is to get used to not having a mouse and keyboard.

mariusl wrote: JT
I know it gets harder as we get older (me included) but one has to learnt a new thing sometimes. The buttons that Norbert used is similar to some industrial machines. There is an ISO standard for industrial machines but I don't think lots of manufacturers keep to that. An operator just have to learn. Wait till you see the stuff the Chinese guys comes up with. :0

This screen is actually quick the get under the belt. The most difficult is to get used to not having a mouse and keyboard.

I think you misunderstand what I said, it's not about me learning new things, when I looked at the icon I didn't have a clue what it did. If your not trained in ISO standards ISO icons mean nothing, however if you can read then a text button can never be wrong, well maybe spelled wrong if your on an island in the north Atlantic. It's like the old word processor for DOS it was just a blank page... until you learned how to use it.

Actually it gets easier for me to learn as I age, I'm much less stubborn now.

JT

Actually it gets easier for me to learn as I age, I'm much less stubborn now.

Ditto.

I think you misunderstand what I said, it's not about me learning new things, when I looked at the icon I didn't have a clue what it did.

Not really, just pulling your leg a bit.
As you said, being used to ISO standards the fiduciary symbol would provide a clue.It normally signals referencing of a sorts. But if you have not used it before, I have to agree, it would be a bit meaningless.