On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:00:19 +0100 (Romance Standard Time) Vadim Zeitlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
VZ> On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 01:25:41 +0100 (CET) Michele Ravani VZ> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: VZ> MR> What about a set of small icons on one of the bars (menu, status, VZ> ...) VZ> MR> which support a depressed state (sorry if I am not using the right VZ> MR> terminology) and a tool tip to be more explicit? VZ> This is what I wanted to do initially for the viewer filters buttons, VZ> but VZ> I couldn't draw _any_ icon for even one of them without speaking of VZ> making VZ> 6 of them. The same problem here: I know that I won't have any half VZ> decent VZ> icons, so this is a non starter :-( Well, I appreciate the problem as such icons would be very easy to draw, but on the other hand I was counting on the tooltip and later on knowledge to give the 'real' explanation of the icon (that's beating the icon's goal, but ...). I don't think that we should get stopped by the fact that drawing good icons is difficult, it is an art (a difficult one) by itself, but if one doesn't start with bad icons (such as an acronym in very small font), nobody will come up with improvements. Anyway the drop down menu is a good idea. As for the placement of additional features, it seems to be a recurring question popping up twice a year or so. May be it should be solved it 'the abstract' (i.e. on a more genreal level) once for all (well rather once for a while). If I recollect correctly, Jerry is a UI person and he could lend an hand in 'redesigning' M's interface, or at least the generics of it. This doesn't mean that M should change face in a snap, but one could then try to move in a certain direction when the chance is given. Hope you understand what I mean. Ciao -- Michele Ravani [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Those who live hoping, die singing" My Gran ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ Mahogany-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mahogany-users
