Ease Of Access

A few modifications I’m making to the interface of qZDL should greatly improve the usability. I’m switching from mainly dialog based down to mainly tab based. Instead of going to ZDL -> Options, there is now a settings tab along the top, that is ALMOST identical to the options dialog of ZDLSharp. The only change I’m making is I’m moving out the update log to it’s own update tab.

People that previously found ZDLSharp too cramped will rejoyce in that now that everything is resizable. You can, in fact, have a full screen ZDL if you chose. Of course, I need add functionality to remember the size last used, although this is trivial. The actual sizing information will be stored globally, and not locally. I’ll use the local operating system’s built preferencing system (using Qt, of course).

I also plan on enhancing the update system, although not right away. It’s pretty stupid, and I’d like to see changelog viewing from inside the app itself. Also, ‘Remind me later’, and ‘ignore this release’, and both of those functions require me to rewrite the php update script (not a big deal).

That’s pretty much most of the planned changes in a nutshell. The new INI backend will IMHO, be one of the most welcome features.