> From: Ian Clarke <I.Clarke at dynamicblue.com> > Reply-To: freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:20:55 +0100 > To: freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freenet-dev] FGUI: request to test and verify > > I have noticed a few problems: > > * Firstly, a null pointer exception seems to be thrown if you choose an > invalid server (ie. one that doesn't work). > Found this one, I'll fix it.
> * The drawing of the progress bar is screwy, it seems to draw right > across the window under the cancel and Save File buttons! > The file your requesting is being counted more then its reported size. Was the file actually 58 or 29 bytes? > I don't see any icons... > Good to know, we will see it wokr > The input-box for the key is right at the top edge of the window (on > Linux), this looks somewhat ugly. > > The "Cancel" button remains even after an insert of request is complete > - this is misleading. The idea is you can use this if you download and don't want to save. What would make it less confusing? > > The "(Leave server blank..." messages is chopped off at "this comp...". > Perhaps instead of this message, you just put "tcp/localhost:19114" in > the box to make it explicit.' Ok, sure. > > It would be cool to be able to view a downloaded file (assuming it is > ascii text) without having to save it. Later, someone was talking about MIME, I want if they come up with anything. Maybe I would add an simplified version. > > It is probably the fault of the Linux JDK I am using, but the rendering > of the window is pretty crappy (see Fkey: > "jpeg/screenshot/FGUI-16042000" to see what I mean). One thing to > consider for the future might be taking the "Winamp" approach to things > in terms of the GUI, and coming up with a much smaller client (talking > about physical Window size here), rendered using images rather than > relying on the AWT. It would look much cooler IMHO, and would rely less > on the GUI rendering ability of the host platform (perhaps I am being > selfish here ;-). > I see your point. I would mostly blame awt in linux for this problem. I am not quite sure about how to go about doing it winamp style while still using awt. > The reason I am being so fussy about FGUI is that I really think that it > is cool, and once it is stable we should include a script in the > distribution for launching it. > > I have suddenly discovered that I have a free afternoon, so I will take > a hard look at the code and see if there is anything I can do to improve > it. > > Ian. > _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
