-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [E-devel] Dialogs, menus, etc (usability) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:00:40 +0100 From: Lachezar Petkov <luchezar.pet...@gmail.com> To: Steve Jones <st...@squaregoldfish.co.uk>
On 13/06/2010 09:13, Steve Jones wrote: > Just a few of my own thoughts on this list. I've ignored the ones on > which I have no opinion. > > Steve. > >> 5) Dropshadow - move to Windows part of the panel. I think it makes much >> more sense, since its totally related only to windows, it doesnt put >> dropshadows under text or theme elements or anything like that. > I know what you're saying, but this option is to do with the look and > feel of the system, rather than how the windows behave. I think it > should stay in the Look section. Right. Agree. > >> 7) Windows. I guarantee right now a typical user would just say "holy >> shit". I know i do :-) And I'm not even sure about most of the stuff >> here, but I'm sure we can merge some of these, rename some of them, add >> freaking tooltips, etc. > When you can have a lot of control, you need a lot of options! I agree, all I want is a more sophisticated control, not a million config dialogs all over the place. > I'm sure the Window List and Client List Menu settings should be > together. Again, the Window List has nothing to do with how the windows > behave. > Also, I've never really been sure why the two are separate - as far as I > can tell the Window List provides Alt-Tab functionality, while the > Client list just lists windows. Would it be possible to merge the two? Probably a good idea. >> 13) Don't think we need Settings of the Settings. The user can make E >> remember the position of the windows in other ways and a checkbox "don't >> show this in the future" in the confirmation dialogs would be much better. > Generally true, although there should be somewhere for the > Basic/Advanced option to live. You could just remember the last view the > user saw, but a global setting would be good. I don't think so. I mean, generally speaking you don't go to configure your E every day - you go a few times to tweak it, make it comfortable for you and then you're just using it. Thats it. Therefore I don't see the need to have the option to remember whether config dialogs should be basic or advanced by default - if you want the advanced stuff - it's a click away. And again, you do that rarely. > Maybe. Although it's handy to find a tiny corner of the desktop to click > and get a menu when you've got windows covering your desktop. This is why a "clean up windows" button in the shelf is useful. And that Files menu can easily be optional, but I think disabled by default. > > > Agreed > >> 7) Do we really need the configuration shortcuts? I think just one >> "Settings" entry would be enough, no submenus. A good example is the >> Shelves submenu - the user can access the Shelves settings by right >> clicking on any shelf AND thruough the config panel itself, I see no >> need for it in the main menu. Same for the rest of the things there, I think > I quite like having the settings sub-menu around for ease of access. > Perhaps this could be expanded into an option to have shortcuts for our > favourite settings dialogs (perhaps in the Favourites menu). Yes. > > >> Thanks, >> Mano >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
