Here’s another GUI example between the toolbar designs.
I have highlight in green the areas that I personally like better, and highlighted areas in red that I don’t like.
Notes:
- In the previous design, I like how the menu bar integrated into the header of the application. I think that wasting 1 row of space just for the project name is un-necessary.
- In the previous design, I like how it has a brighter outline around the toolbar icons that gives it some visual separation and clarity.
- In the previous design, I like the contrast separation in the text in the “Status Line” better.
- In the new design, I like the window zones, window layout settings area much better than the previous design.
This is my proposal for how to improve the current toolbar design:
Interested to hear your opinions.