User interface

[badvision]

As a user, it would be ideal to have a non-intrusive user interface that helped me access the emulator's actions but didn't get in my way when using it.

[jpellegrini]

First -- it's a nice emulator.

I agree that a non-intrusive UI would be great. I would suggest specifically:

• possibility to configure one directory for disk images
• some hotkey to be used to remove the current disk image (and insert another one from the above mentioned directory, possibly selecting from a pull-down menu)
• easy way to insert a "newly formatted disk"

-- j

[badvision]

Thanks @jpellegrini! This is great feedback. I think that my reliance on hotkeys in the old UI didn't translate well in different platforms. I switched to ctrl+shift hotkeys to be more mac-friendly and also to avoid command/windows key confusion across platforms. Since new MacBook users don't even have function keys, and older macbook users always had trouble using FN keys too (yes, actually I had bug reports because of it), I think I need some kind of modal controls that can overlay or surround the emulation window. Everything that can be invoked by the user as a hotkey or as an action elsewhere has been refactored to support this improvement in the future, it's just a matter of defining the concepts and creating a hotkey editor UI so users can define their own hotkeys.