Consolidate annotate & view tools
The 2 buttons 'Annotate tool' & 'Annotations' are unnecessary & 1 button would suffice. They are also located at opposite ends of the left column, which means annotating requires activating both distant buttons.
I propose to:
- move the 'View' button group (thumbs, outlines, annotations, bookmarks) to the top of the column.
- allow the annotations column to show 'note' & 'highlight' buttons by default. (thus making the extra annotate tool button redundant)
I have prepared mock-up images below to show how this would streamline the interface.
The 'view' button group at the top is more intuitive, less mouse travel is required & related tools are grouped together.
In the 2nd image 'outlines view' you can see how the button group at the top also acts as a visual heading for the user as to the current view mode.
Edited by riquezjp