[Zubersoft]

The new design separates the concept of editing an annotation from the settings for the various tools. A radial menu is the preferred way to configure the tools as you can move it around, collapse it to a small circle to keep it out of the way, and expand it when you need to change something. It's all based around using a finger or stylus, so it's very fast to change values and enable/disable tool settings. Some users may prefer to disable the radial menu though, so I support also using a toolbar at the top where you can tap a tool to select it, and then tap again to display the settings for that tool. Any change that is made to the settings does not affect any of the current annotations - it only affects what is created next with the tools. To edit an annotation, you have to use the selection tool, then a separate popup is displayed which has options for editing the attributes of the annotation. Since most users care more about quickly creating new annotations than editing existing ones (as it's honestly sometimes faster to just delete an existing one and create a new one in its place which I will make fast and easy to do), this results in a cleaner workflow and better UI that is optimized for that. 

Most users, once they set up their favorite tools, won't need to modify the tool settings much. They'll just swap between the pens/stamps/text they want to use using the favorites dropdown or floating toolbar, meaning they will never have to dig down into the settings popups or the radial menu.

With the new design, there really aren't many floating windows anymore - just temporary popups for some things. Otherwise it can all be done through the radial menu. The only exception is really the stamps window as I leave it up until the user closes it so they can quickly switch between the various stamps in the list. The window collapses to a single column though for users that don't want it in the way.

Mike