Usability: Order of menu items

[helmut]

In context menu, the two batch functions "Batch rename" and "Batch processing" are listed next to each other, which makes sense to me. In "Tools" menu they are separated. I'd suggest to change order of the menu items and bring Batch rename and Batch processing together. When looking closer, the whole order of the menu items looks pretty random to me and I suggest a major change.


Browser mode: "Tools" menu

Instead of...

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Open
Open With >
View in Hex mode
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Search...
Find similar files...
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Export...
Batch processing...
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Send by Email...
JPEG Lossless transformations >
Change timestamp...
Extract Movie frames...
Set as Wallpaper >
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Batch Rename...
Compare...
Sequence Convert...
Plugin >
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Options...
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...it might be:

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Open
Open With >
View in Hex mode
Compare
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Search...
Search duplicates...
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Export...
Extract Movie frames...
Send by Email...
Set as Wallpaper >
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Capture screen...
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JPEG Lossless transformations >
Batch processing...
Batch Rename...
Change timestamp...
Sequence Convert...
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Plugin >
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Options...
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Notes and thoughts:

• "Find similar files" was renamed to "Search duplicates".
• "Compare" must not have an elipsis "..." because comparison is done immediately.
• "Capture screen" does not really fit in here.
• We have a "Tools" and "Create" main menus. Perhaps it makes sense to introduce a "Selection" main menu and put all functions that do something with the selected files there.
• budz45 has posted a related topic which discusses main menus of XnView MP, see topic 'Some re-organizing of the top menu items for MP'.
• This might be the start of a long discussion. Given that other people agree, Pierre might move Batch processing and Batch rename closer next to each other for a start.