On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 00:11, JP Rosevear wrote: > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 06:34, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 12:45, Ross Burton wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:22, Hans Petter Jansson wrote: > > > > I think I'd prefer 2x2 myself, with all buttons the same size. If we > > > > want to be fancy, we could also make text labels be optional (like the > > > > choice you get for typical browser toolbars), and then we could probably > > > > fit all of them on one row :) > > > > > > > > I probably value desktop space more highly than other users, though. > > > > > > I'm a screen-estate junkie myself, and think that following the gconf > > > key for toolbar state is probably a good idea -- i.e. label only, icon > > > only, both. > > > > > > Personally my folder tree is quite wide (several nested IMAP folders) so > > > 2x2 would be a better choice for me, or as Hans says just use icons and > > > might all fit. > > > > I was thinking of the same myself - even though it is not a toolbar, > > what if it followed the toolbar labels/icons/whatever settings of the > > user? > > > > On the other hand, if we have an uneven number of buttons we dont want a > > grid layout, since then you'd get an empty space. So if that is the > > case, we need to figure something. > > > > Anyway, an example at this point: > > > > http://primates.ximian.com/~tigert/evo/evo-buttons-mockup3.gif > > Ok, so I did: > > http://primates.ximian.com/~jpr/Screenshot-Evolution-1.5-2.png > http://primates.ximian.com/~jpr/Screenshot-Evolution-1.5-3.png > > The main concern I've seen raised is the potential size of the buttons > with text. > > For my part I just don't know how to allow the user to switch between > modes. > we could have a pane widget that contains the source selector and the buttons, and when resized, the buttons could change its mode?
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