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This is one of those things that is interesting but I don't immediately dis-like it like so many other ideas looking for a problem to solve. Being that it is so new, the one thing that strikes me immediately is the use of icons instead of text. I get that it looks good design-wise, but now my mind has to remember the icons. Some of the actions are short words where text could be used and not be cluttered: Move, Copy, Scale, etc. Maybe as an option?

Also, would it be possible to have a different trigger than keyboard keys? If I'm hitting keyboard modifier to enable this, I'll just hit the shortcut keys directly. What about middle-click (3-finger click on macOS multi-touch or something) equivalent to enable so that it is entirely mouse driven?



> Being that it is so new, the one thing that strikes me immediately is the use of icons instead of text.

That's so you don't confuse it with a right-click pop-up menu. :-)


I think the round ring surrounding the cursor is taking care of that in and of itself.


using text would lay bare the silliness of the radial menu pattern - it either wouldnt fit neatly into the circular containers or, if conformed to the curvature of the radial menu, would be unreadable/low accessibility


Blender and Maya use radial menus a lot and don’t bother with trying to cram it into a tiny circle. Here’s some Blender examples: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=blender+radial+menu&t=ipad&ia=imag...


i strongly disagree: https://imgur.com/a/oi5Rxz1


You disagree that search mirrored is poorly readable?


I mean, were you unable to read it? Some people...


I was... poorly, the word you chose to ignore. Some people, indeed...




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