Animators: Do you use the |< << |> >> >| buttons in Durdraw?

[cmang]

The transport buttons to play, pause, switch frames, go to first and last frames. Does anyone use any of them? Do you use some of them?

I use the |> Play button sometimes. I am not sure the |< and >| (first and last frames) are as useful as I once thought. I am thinking of taking them out to make room for other UI elements.

[AdrianGroty]

I almost never use the mouse in Durdraw, and I think the convenience of first/last frame over jump-to-frame-# is negligible. I usually work with Durdraw as zoomed-in as it will let me view it, so screen real-estate is at a premium in my workflow.

I say experiment. Henry Ford is supposed to have said "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said 'faster horses.'"

[cmang]

I usually work with Durdraw as zoomed-in as it will let me view it, so screen real-estate is at a premium in my workflow.

It sounds like, if Durdraw were to stop complaining about narrow windows and let you make it as small/zoomed as you want, the most important UI element to remain visible for you (if any) would probably be the F1-F12 characters, yes? Anything else?

My original thinking behind the |< << |> >> >| was that new users could recognize it and quickly discover how to navigate the animation features by clicking around. However, when this was introduced, Durdraw did not even have menus. Now that the Animation menu is visible, it seems less advantageous. (I still like to click |> and ||, though.)