On 16 Mar 2009, at 11:47 AM, Sven-S. Porst wrote: > I've been thinking about the third screenshot for the web site and the > suggestion to use a web-related one sounded like the best one to me as > it will be something visibly different with a potential 'cool' effect. >
I also think this or a search group would be best for the third screenshot. > The thing is, however, that I am never using that feature myself which > probably disqualifies me from using it. Besides, when playing around > with the default bookmarks I always found the result clumsy and not- > working (with there never being a 'magic' appearance of bibliography > entries while browsing Google Scholar results, say, so I'm not quite > sure whether I'm not using the feature correctly (which in itself may > hint that its UI isn't the way it's supposed to be) or whether the > feature isn't ready for prime time. Google Scholar in the latest release is broken, due to Google Scholar going back to the last century (I send them a bug report). The nightlies have a workaround. > > I also think the back/forward/reload buttons should be left of the > address bar in the web browser as they are in all (decent) web > browsers. > > Sven > In this case I'm not so sure. When the view gets too small, I think it's more important that the URL field remains visible than the buttons, that's the main reason why they're on the right. This requirement is much less important for browsers. > > P.S. Last year I also tried to write some notes about the direct > catalogue search features BibDesk has now, but I never sent them > because I'm not sure they'll make any sense to you and I have no clue > about those things anyway. I can send them separately, so you have the > input, but I'm not sure it will actually help. My impression about > them is that they're potentially very powerful and cool but that using > them is so clumsy at this stage that the power may remain hidden. > > -- > Sven-S. Porst . http://earthlingsoft.net/ssp . AIM: cv47al > Pass as best inventor! Please send them separately. What's clumsy about their use? Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
