That's OK, thanks for the honesty and thanks for developing this great application :) It was the main tool I used to get my dream job so I'm very grateful!
On Friday, 16 June 2023 at 19:42:16 UTC+1 Peter Bienstman wrote: > The reason it doesn't show up very well is because you have a black > background. I'll add your suggestions to my todo list, but I'm afraid > they're not very high on the list... > > Cheers, > > Peter > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:59 AM Neil F <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's true, but it's user-controlled so it's optional. It will cater to >> both groups: >> >> 1. The group of users who have short questions and long answers--or for >> whatever reason wants to see more of the answer box than the question box >> or vice versa--can resize the boxes to suit their preference. >> 2. The group of users who have wildly varying question and answer sizes >> and for whom this feature is not useful won't resize. >> >> The resize widget is very muted, so most users won't even notice it until >> they look for it. >> >> That said, the "Single Box" option is very good, it's just that it >> doesn't show the separation between question and answer, which looks a bit >> confusing: https://i.imgur.com/z7k8kQh.png >> >> On Friday, 16 June 2023 at 08:49:39 UTC+1 Peter Bienstman wrote: >> >>> Thanks! I don't think dragging to change the size is always a good idea, >>> since different cards could have very different sizes. >>> >>> Cheres, >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 4:26 PM Neil F <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you for the explanation, now I understand the difficulty. >>>> >>>> The single box is pretty good. IMO the "fixed size" option can be >>>> enhanced by allowing the user to drag to resize the boxes' proportion to >>>> whatever suits them (saved either for the current application run only or >>>> in the config file across application runs) . >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 13 June 2023 at 05:39:45 UTC+1 Peter Bienstman wrote: >>>> >>>>> The problem is that after some library changes, it's no longer easy to >>>>> figure out how many lines a card is. Note that this depends on font size, >>>>> width of your window,... >>>>> >>>>> Bit I guess I make the single box the default in the future. >>>>> >>>>> Peter >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, 12 Jun 2023, 22:24 Neil F, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Or the "Fixed size" option where you can drag the slider to choose >>>>>> the respective fixed size of the Q and A boxes. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, 12 June 2023 at 21:16:25 UTC+1 Neil F wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I see, thanks for the explanation. >>>>>>> The adaptive mode can work very simply: just restrict the box size >>>>>>> to the text. So if there are only 3 lines of text, there is really no >>>>>>> need >>>>>>> to show 5 blank lines above and below, so that the answer box is >>>>>>> crammed. >>>>>>> Seems like an obvious UX to me, not sure why it's not the default. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sunday, 11 June 2023 at 21:11:32 UTC+1 Peter Bienstman wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The adaptive option is based on a heuristic which an upgrade to the >>>>>>>> library broke. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'd suggest you use the single box option. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, 11 Jun 2023, 17:01 Neil F, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is there any way to resize the Question and Answer boxes? I keep >>>>>>>>> questions rather terse, whereas the Answer contains a block of >>>>>>>>> programming >>>>>>>>> code that's long. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I noticed there's an option under the "General" tab called "Show >>>>>>>>> question and answer in two boxes with adaptive size" but that makes >>>>>>>>> no >>>>>>>>> difference at all to the "in two boxes with fixed size" default >>>>>>>>> option. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Here is a screenshot of it having no effect on a short question >>>>>>>>> and long answer: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://i.imgur.com/FZeK8L5.png >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> A simple drag slider would be so handy! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/f63c202e-590f-4a60-a0e5-3f7d5a73f291n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/f63c202e-590f-4a60-a0e5-3f7d5a73f291n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/14b3835d-b7a8-4caa-90ae-d9ad6b7b5c1dn%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/14b3835d-b7a8-4caa-90ae-d9ad6b7b5c1dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/2c65b81b-5fb9-4ff7-96e3-a3d227c0a76cn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/2c65b81b-5fb9-4ff7-96e3-a3d227c0a76cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/ea94d982-79f9-437b-9eab-933964584181n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/ea94d982-79f9-437b-9eab-933964584181n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. 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