Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Print Queue and Device Icon
oh also, i'm using this,
self._cancel.get_child().set_text ('Document:' + title + '\n' + status)
where self._cancel is the menu item.
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Print Queue and Device Icon
Hi Vamsi, On 23 Jun 2009, at 08:35, Vamsi Krishna Davuluri wrote: Eben, Thanks for replying, I have taken your suggestions into account and have made this. It now randomly 1) It takes a hash of the username for coloring the icon Re 'username', this is the name of the printer and/or printer queue? 2) It lists processing job on the top, and sorts the list accoring to first come first serve. 3) I removed the space below the menu items. Cool, looking good :-) Quick question: What happens with really long document titles, is an ellipsis used to truncate the length? Some Journal titles can get pretty long, especially if they are downloaded documents via Browse as the URL is used as part of the download name. pausing jobs is a big problem, since we are already in a palette menu. And I am using menu items for each horizontal bar, I cant see a case of pausing without making a new menu item for each job? I would say allowing pausing is likely one feature too much. I can't say I ever remember needing to manually pause a print job (or print queue) myself. Regards, --Gary ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Print Queue and Device Icon
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Gary C Marting...@garycmartin.com wrote: Hi Vamsi, On 23 Jun 2009, at 08:35, Vamsi Krishna Davuluri wrote: Eben, Thanks for replying, I have taken your suggestions into account and have made this. It now randomly 1) It takes a hash of the username for coloring the icon Re 'username', this is the name of the printer and/or printer queue? 2) It lists processing job on the top, and sorts the list accoring to first come first serve. 3) I removed the space below the menu items. Cool, looking good :-) Quick question: What happens with really long document titles, is an ellipsis used to truncate the length? Some Journal titles can get pretty long, especially if they are downloaded documents via Browse as the URL is used as part of the download name. pausing jobs is a big problem, since we are already in a palette menu. And I am using menu items for each horizontal bar, I cant see a case of pausing without making a new menu item for each job? I would say allowing pausing is likely one feature too much. I can't say I ever remember needing to manually pause a print job (or print queue) myself. Yes, you're right. An alternative concern is errors. This comes down to a discussion of notifications, though. Early mockups include adding an extra section to palettes to convey error messages and provide actions for handling them, such as The printer is out of paper and a Resume printing button. Perhaps another thread on notifications in general should be started; they would be a great addition to the next version of Sugar, and they do need some final design specifications. Eben Regards, --Gary ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Print Queue and Device Icon
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 18:42, Eben Eliasone...@laptop.org wrote: On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Vamsi Krishna Davulurivdavul...@acm.org wrote: 2) It lists processing job on the top, and sorts the list accoring to first come first serve. Cool. Making the status gray would still be nice. What's the reason for prefixing each with Document it seems unnecessary to me. I'd stick with (title + '\n' + status). Actually, I guess you'd have to have two labels, in order to make the status gray, and put those in a VBox... You can actually do that inside the same gtk.Label, see how it is done for activity tags in the home view: http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/sugar/repos/mainline/commits/014a004eb2a708bd368f494e98a6c3705495cf76 Regards, Tomeu ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Sugar Print Queue and Device Icon
Hi, I'm working on adding Print Support to Sugar. And right now I'm working on creating a Printer Device Icon. what i've managed to do so far looks like this: http://i39.tinypic.com/35d6vlz.png suggestion from Mel Chua was to remove the scroll bars and limit the print jobs displayed. Also, suggestion from silbe was to list only one print job each completely and when clicked on the list display all the print jobs in a window. Thanks, Vamsi ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Print Queue and Device Icon
Hi Gary, Thanks for your interest in the project, I think your mockup design looks like a better cake than mine. It doesn't needlessly complicate the interface, and , the removal of the source printer seems like a better design as we already have the device mentioned up. Plus, the all black theme matches up well with the other devices. And scroll bars definitely look ugly. If you have the time, please do put it up here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Print_Support Thanks, Vamsi On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Gary C Martin g...@garycmartin.comwrote: Here's my shot at a mock-up, just bouncing ideas about. I've not been following the Print discussions in detail so apologies if I've dropped some important detail. My aim was to simplify as much as possible, print dialogues are confusing enough for adults :-) FWIW: I'm sure you've found it already, but there is a nice printer.svg device icon in sugar-artwork ready for use (I used it the mock-up below). I've assumed showing completed jobs is un-necessary, but I have mock-ups with that if needed as well (just imaging the (x) cancel button hiding and the Status text to Complete), not sure how many you'd want sitting in the list (just the last N?): Can generate more mock-ups if needed (will await further input from folks). Regards, --Gary P.S. Vamsi: Is there a SL wiki page for your printing project that mock-ups can go to in future (rather than me filling the mail-list)? ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Print Queue and Device Icon
On 20 Jun 2009, at 20:16, Vamsi Krishna Davuluri wrote: Hi Gary, Thanks for your interest in the project, I think your mockup design looks like a better cake than mine. It doesn't needlessly complicate the interface, and , the removal of the source printer seems like a better design as we already have the device mentioned up. Plus, the all black theme matches up well with the other devices. And scroll bars definitely look ugly. If you have the time, please do put it up here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Print_Support Cool, done – I'll upload any future ones directly there. Do you need any other mock-ups? Was just wondering if a print Control Panel module will be needed for some of the configuration? Regards, --Gary ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
