On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> I just checked the screenshots from the Lizards, and it seems that the
> resolution selection is totally wrong..
>
> A person would like to select FEW resolutions, and not one. I cannot see
> there how can I add to my selections which resolution to add..
Yes, this is true. It is on my wish list since before the
first version of the lizard was released :-)
It is just that time did not allow me to implement it.
> [X] 640 x 480 - 256 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 800 x 600 - 256 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 1024 x 768 - 256 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 1280 x 1024 - 256 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 1600 x 1280 - 256 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 2048 x 1536 - 256 colours {test} ( ) default
>
> [ ] 640 x 480 - 65,536 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 800 x 600 - 65,536 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 1024 x 768 - 65,536 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 1280 x 1024 - 65,536 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 1600 x 1280 - 65,536 colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 2048 x 1536 - 65,536 colours {test} ( ) default
>
> [ ] 640 x 480 - 16.7M colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 800 x 600 - 16.7M colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 1024 x 768 - 16.7M colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 1280 x 1024 - 16.7M colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 1600 x 1280 - 16.7M colours {test} ( ) default
> [ ] 2048 x 1536 - 16.7M colours {test} ( ) default
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> X windows default color bpp will be: ( ) 256 colours
> ( ) 65,536 colours
> ( ) 16.7 Million colours
>
> Some notes:
> 1. the [ ] brackets are for selection multi resolution/bpp
> 2. the ( ) are for selecting only ONE (radio button), that X windows
> will start with (default starting resolution and bpp
> 3. the {test} button is for testing each resolution. If the user clicked
> "ok" on the message box when the test mode appeared, an "X" will be
> added in that same line which he clicked {test}
> 4. We need at least one resolution ticked for cases like users running
> Mesa and it switches to 640x480 in quake, and the user cannot see
> anything or understand why... :)
> 5. Ofcourse, I made this as a basic. There are lots of other screens
> resolution need to be added, and this window should be a scrollable.
Your screen layout looks good. I always wondered how to
combine the test button with the multiple selection list.
Perhaps it is really the best to have multiple test buttons.
One thing, however: A user should not be required to test
before he can select a mode. The reason is that there are some
X-Servers which will make it impossible to continue in
VGA16-Mode, so the system will hang after testing. Perhaps
this will be gone once XFree 4.0 is there, but until then it
must be possible to skip testing.
> Before asking me to write a patch - I'm a GUI designer (it's a hobby of
> mine), and I donno programming :(
Oh, how sad. I had hoped to find a volunteer ;-)
Bye,
Matthias.
--
______ ___
/ ___/__/ / Caldera (Deutschland) GmbH
/ /_/ _ / /__ Lazarettstr. 8, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
/_____/_/ /____/ http://www.caldera.de
==== /____/ ===== Dipl. Phys. M. Hoelzer-Kluepfel, mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Caldera OpenLinux phone: ++49 9131 8978-23, fax: ++49 9131 8978-22
