On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Peter Bienstman
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Peter Bienstman
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > It's an interesting idea, but the 'show answer' button is much smaller in
>> > height than the grades area, so I'm not sure how good that would look in
>> > practice.
>>
>> I imagine the current exact area for the show-answer button was
>> decided pretty arbitrarily;
>
> No, it's decided by the Qt layout manager. Which also means it looks different
> on different platforms, and is therefore not easy to change the way you 
> propose
> in a way that looks good on all platforms, without the window resizing
> constantly.

Well, that does sound pretty arbitrary to me! But there must be some
control, otherwise how could you have chosen to make the show-answer
button smaller in the first place? Surely it is possible to have QT
'swap all those little buttons for a rectangle button of the same
area'.

> Are your sure grayed-out buttons are such an issue for newbies? In the 5
> years, you're the first to bring it up...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter

No, I'm not sure, but I do remember it from the first time I fired up
Mnemosyne. People who post on this list or email you are not a very
reliable way to get UI feedback; that's why HCI people extol measures
like tape-recording a user fumbling through software for the first
time - to see what the newbie doesn't see or later forgets.

-- 
gwern

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