I removed the options part to give a more visualized idea: http://i41.tinypic.com/syvz7p.png
<http://i41.tinypic.com/syvz7p.png>Scott, I agree headers / footers are confusing everywhere, can you elaborate on how we can do inline header/footer representation. I was thinking of the same thing, but I thought it would be confusing for the user to actually click that area, unless it is visually appealing. Ideas? -- Mohamed Mansour On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Scott Hess <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the headers and footers are confusing (everywhere). Why not > just a single popup for each selection which displays a real-time view > of each thing? So it might have items like: > > Header: "Bonsai Kitten > http://www.shorty.com/bonsaikitten/"; > Footer: "Page 1 of 2 June 2, > 2009" > > Even better if it were in-line in the box that shows the page (header > above, footer below). Also better if it integrates with the margins, > since the header and footer presumably take up some space, showing how > that space is reclaimed might be valuable. > > -scott [not a UI designer, I hate almost all print panels, they almost > always make what I want hard to do] > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Marc-Antoine Ruel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I like the mock. > > Glen has a veto on any UI. > > I think the "Options" is unnecessary until implemented so it can be > trimmed > > off. > > The inches/mm issue is well done in Microsoft Word where you can type the > > units you want to use instead of being forced to use one or another. > > M-A > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Mohamed Mansour < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi guys, how are you doing? I asked Marc-Antoine about creating a > mock-up > >> of the print settings so I was looking into different printer > >> settings user interfaces from various products. > >> > >> http://i44.tinypic.com/rka0c5.png > >> The similarities between them is quite similar, but I really like what > >> Firefox has done with how they divide their sections, as well, how the > >> display the marginal data on the fly. They all have the following > things in > >> common: > >> > >> Real-Time displaying of margin changes on the paper > >> Changing headers / footers and allow custom desc > >> Page orientations (Landscape and Portrait) > >> > >> What I liked about the Microsoft products is that everything is in one > >> page. The user will not be confused with many > >> > clicks, and everything is there. But, the sections are not divided, they all > look squished. > >> Here is my initial proposal. > >> > >> http://i40.tinypic.com/14ki9w0.png > >> Only a single page, where the user will enter his format, options (if > >> any), margins, and header/footer. The components are same as Firefox but > all > >> in one page. We should probably do a drop down to state which metric to > use > >> (inch/cm) since only America uses inches. > >> I have brought my mother to test this, and mind you, she is very new to > >> computers (very inexperienced), she liked the above version because > >> everything she needs is in her finger tips and understands it better > than > >> the others. > >> So that is my take, what do you think? I would like to send this email > off > >> to Ben/Glen/Nick since they are the UI team and may have a better UI > >> perspective on how to do things. Let me know if its allowed to be sent > to > >> dev mailing list! > >> Thanks! > >> -- Mohamed Mansour > >> > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
