On 20 Dec 2007, at 7:54 AM, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > On 20.12.2007, at 02:24, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a developer and user question: are there any showstopper bugs >> or missing features we need to fix before releasing 1.3.13? I >> think >> most of the work is done, but there are likely a few things that >> we've >> missed. > > Not a showstopper, but something cosmeitc, which I think has some > usability consequences: In the new drawer/right-side preview (or > whatever it is called), when a file is displayed also the filename is > displayed. That's of course good, but if the filename is long, it > extends over the width of the file itself. I want to say is this: > Screen estate is used without any real use when there is a long > filename because the displayed file itself is shrinked. I think all > available space should be used by the displayed file and the name > should be truncated and maybe only displayed in full when you hover > over it. I think there's no point in having all the space left and > right of the displayed file unused. >
The filename is already somewhat wider than the icon. Making it even wider would lead to overlapping filenames for adjacent icons, which is not good. On Leopard you can se the full filename in the tool tip. Unfortunately this doesn't work on Tiger due to its buggy tool tip support. Related to this, I have been thinking of making the font user adjustable. > Related to this: When an URL or doi is givem, BibDesk displays a huge > @ icon, must this be so big? What's the point of a huge generic icon. > Or could a WebKit viewer be integrated instead? There is just a single icon size, we cannot make it dependent on the type of icon (and that wouldn't make too much sense). A WebView is integrated in the preview (context menu > Quick Look). >> >> >> If you're using nightly builds, please test the new editor. There's >> also an option to migrate files to the new scheme in the last couple >> builds, and it will be further improved in the next one. > > What exactly has changed here? > > simon > Database > Migrate Files, a new assistant to migrate file and URL fields to the new file icon interface. It has some options like removing the original fields. Note that this is undoable, so you can safely experiment with it. As for my remarks, I don't think we have implemented anything to (automatically) migrate files for imported items (text import, web import, generally string and web parsers). Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
