On 4 Oct 2007, at 6:11 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On Oct 3, 2007, at 11:41, Michael McCracken wrote: > >> On 10/3/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I see. I was expecting it to be a history list. I use the web >>> import (where I assume some of this is from) about once a year, so >>> this UI is basically new to me. >> >> We should probably have a history list in here, too, since WebKit can >> keep track of it for us easily. Maybe just as a button-menu under the >> back/forward buttons? > > Just having bookmarks would be fine with me, actually. I can't figure > out how to add a bookmark, though! No button, nothing on the context > menu for the web frame...not on the group/action context menu, and I > didn't see it on the main menu either. There's a "Bookmarks" option > on the Window menu, but that doesn't seem to affect the combo box. Am > I blind? UTSL WFM, but not for everyone. >
I think adding bookmarks is currently only present in the web import sheet and the editor webview. Christiaan >> About the web import, I don't quite know how, but I think we should >> merge the two web-related features eventually. I suggest that we make >> the web group view the default way of browsing from BibDesk (it's >> lots >> more visible and obvious), then allow users to do their own scraping >> using the existing import from web UI if they want to, if the >> scrapers >> don't find anything... > > I think it's definitely more obvious, and I prefer it to the sheet. > I'm uncertain about the view arrangement, though. All three of the > panes seem necessary, but they're pretty squished on my PowerBook. > For reading a list of pubs, I find a paragraph-type layout easier than > table columns, but the table is essential for navigating. > > One idea I had is replacing the detail view with a single table > column, maybe on the right side of the window. It would use a tall > custom cell to display textual "thumbnails" of each item, something > like this: > > ------------- > | Title | > | Authors | > | Container | > | Date | > ------------- > > maybe even with bold/italics. That gives the webview more room, and > maybe a more web-browser-ish feeling. > > I guess the real problem is that my usual table column setup is ill- > suited to the display I want for scanning references to see if I want > to import them. The keywords, file order, URL, rating, read, printed > fields are meaningless for web groups, and I'd rather see the > untruncated title and full author list. And click a button to trigger > Alex's SFX OpenURL script for interesting references :). > > Anyway, just some thoughts. I was using the google scholar web group > for Real Work today, and trying to figure out how to make my task > easier. > >> Maybe the thing to do would be to have an 'create new item' action - >> as a button somewhere and a web-contextual menu item, that causes the >> right-side table from the web import sheet to slide in from the right >> of the main screen, and lets you build a new item and add it to the >> web group (or directly to the doc) without leaving the window or >> opening a sheet... >> >> What do you guys think? > > That sounds cool to me. I've always stuck with my familiar web > browser instead of browsing in BD, though (mainly because the sites I > frequent have RIS export), so my opinion isn't worth much. > > -- > adam > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-develop mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
