SketchUp Free Feedback ... Whac-A-Mole Toolbar

[Geo]

Continuing the discussion from What do you think of Search in SketchUp for Web?:

The Getting Started toolbar in SU desktop and the toolbar in SU Free are quite similar in the way they hide tools behind a dropdown or flyout menu button.

SketchUp’s simple large tool set could hardly be called ‘overwhelming’ compared to other applications.

Hiding SketchUp’s tools behind a Whac-A-Mole toolbar or a search box is less than user friendly.

[UX] Have the Large Toolset displayed by default instead of Getting Started

I’ve hardly ever seen anyone using the Getting Started Tool Set in SketchUp. The SketchUp courses I’ve seen often start by telling how to get the Large Tool Set to show instead and even the video tutorials show the Large Tool Set (of course with people asking in the comments how to get the toolbars to display that way). In my view the Large Tool Set is superior in every way. The Large Tool Set doesn’t hide commands in fall out menus, which makes it easier for new users to remember the tools and…

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The whac a mole is the greatest hindrance to efficient workflow and learning the available tools ever conceived, in my humble opinion.