On 20.12.2007, at 11:20, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > 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.
I think you misunderstood me, the file name is too wide IMO. At least in the examples I checked it's always written out completely, which uses space. > On Leopard you can se the full filename in the tool tip. But it's not truncated at all, is it? >> > > 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. Ok, I have to check that out, when I'm on my other machine. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „I'm not that easy to impress. – O, a blue car.“ Homer Simpson ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
