On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:57:30 -0300
"Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am with Michael on this one.
> > I don't see much benefits in the examples you showed, as none of the
> > dialogs offers more functionality but just some colorfull icons (read
> > bloat). If anything I'd like to see the Lazarus dialog look a little
> > like the eclipse 'new project'-dialog, as it offers the same
> > functionality as now and looks a little nicer (i don't need the icons
> > btw) I just don't like the separate description widget to the right.
>
> Ok, maybe you don`t need a description, but do you really thing that
> someone new to Lazarus will find that a easy to use dialog? Will he
> understand at all what all options mean? I don`t think so.
I guess, he meant the description should be put above instead of right.
> About icons, they are widely used as metaphors since perhaps Apple II,
> 20 years ago. Why go back in time to old and unused User Interface
> designs?? none of the listed IDE don`t use icons. If well used they
> can do much good to the usability and appearance of the dialog. Ok,
> maybe big icons without a explanation like Delphi has are bad, but
> what about small icons like on Eclipse?
IMHO the Delphi icons are a good (or better say: most deterrent) example for
wrong used icons. Most of the items are abstract and have no visual meaning.
It does not make any sense to draw them so big. For example if you don't
know, what a 'component' is, the cog wheel, or whatever it is, won't help.
When I used Delphi, the icons confused me. I learned to ignore them.
The netbeans icons are better, as they are smaller and the text is bigger.
> > Just install the cgilazide.lpk
>
> Ok, we *really* need better documentation. I`ve being using the Wiki a
> lot and already sent a patch to the online docs and I had never, ever
> heard about that.
>
> I would even add that dialogs should have a "Help" button, possibly
> linking to the Wiki.
Good idea.
Mattias
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