On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 19:19 +0100, Chidambar 'ilLogict' Zinnoury wrote: > Dans son message intitulé « Re: [E-devel] enlightenment-svn Digest, Vol > 5, Issue 78 » du Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:32:28 -0600, Nick Hughart > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> nous a donné l'occasion de lire : > > > > btw, as others on IRC: I dislike the new config dialog. > > > > > > maybe if we reduce the number of categories and avoid scroll, it > > > could work better. since it's very similar to macos, we could do > > > like them and put a first screen to choose the category, so it's > > > like: Configuration window: Look, Apps, ... as a grid or so, > > > possible with descriptive texts as we see on macos, kde or vista. > > > Look window: Wallpaper, theme... followed by the selected app > > > dialog. > > > > > > maybe this will not match e17 way, so out of ideas. > > > > Another idea might be collapsible headers for each category. Clicking > > on the header would then expand that category in the list. In fact a > > generic collapsible widget could be useful in other places as well. > > FWIW, I almost have that for ilist. I have a little resizing issue when > collapsing, apart from that it should be ok for general comsumption > soon. > > > Another idea would be to have a list of categories. Once you pick a > > category, the contents of the list are replaced with that category > > with a button to go backwards. This type of interface works on a > > touchscreen as well as a desktop. Some examples of this type of > > interface is the iPhone Settings and to a lesser extent the Windows > > Control Panel (the new one with the categories and such, not the > > classic one). Both provide a similar flow of category -> items and > > include some way to go back. So in this way I see it as serving both > > worlds and also has some track record of actually being useful for > > both. > > I was wondering if it wouldn't be better to always use the same window > instead of opening a new window everytime, e.g., you selected category, > then item, and all the content of the window is being replaced by the > settings themselves instead of opening a new one. > Problem is that I think that it is against E philosophy...
I was thinking the same thing when I saw the new layout. It would look good if, once you click on an item, the whole thing (including the toolbar) will slide to one side and make room for the config itself. And instead of the toolbar, the config 'dialogs' will place their buttons there. BTW, it would be better if the 'Files' category is removed. The only thing that occupies it is the file manager module, so it should probably go in extensions, or system. > > Cheers! > > Chidambar > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing > list [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
