On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:48:08 +0900 Toma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > 2008/11/22 Nick Hughart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:39:11 -0200 > > "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:09 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:01:30 +0900 Toma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > babbled: > >> > > >> >> Sorry for the Digest reply, but dont we already have a toolbar? In > >> >> fact line 15900 of default.edc has a toolbar section. So we have > >> >> another toolbar now? > >> > > >> > toolbar FOR efm, and a toolbar "widget" - different :) > > Well the efm toolbar should probably be renamed to e/fileman/toolbar > then, IMHO. I could give it a try, but I know I make a lot of people > nervous when I start commiting C code. :)
this is pretty easy though - find strings... replace. :) > Toma > > >> > >> 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. > > > > 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 like my first idea more though because it could potentially require > > less clicking at the expense of more scrolling. But with kinetic > > scrolling and mouse wheels, scrolling isn't all that expensive to the > > user anymore. The collapsible headers help with that anyway. > > > > In either case, I don't agree with less categories. We could possibly > > trim a couple (menus could be merged with apps for example), but in the > > long run, we shouldn't limit the number of categories as to make them > > useless. Especially with a modular design, who knows what categories > > will be created. Have to be flexible with this. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
