Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] different layouts

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 22:45, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On the other hand, now that I look at it again, won't kids miss when > pressing the black or grey color chooser buttons, and accidentally hit > print or quit instead? I think that's more of a problem when painting near the edge of the canvas. I

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] different layouts

2005-01-01 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 20:54 -0500, Albert Cahalan wrote: > Well anyway... what do people like? > (usable, pretty at all sizes, easy to code...) I think usability suffers with smaller font style & size buttons, and in layouts where those buttons are not adjacent to the font choice buttons. For thes

[Tuxpaint-dev] different layouts

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
When considering the layout, remember to think about where excess vertical space should go. Currently, the canvas height is the largest multiple of 48 that fits. Any leftover space (up to 47 rows) goes to the Tux area. Some of the proposed layouts work naturally with this. Some will require that b

[Tuxpaint-dev] more font/stamp room

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:59, Gabriel Gazzán wrote: > I think the buttons TuxPaint uses for controlling the size and other > properties of stamps (or in this case, text) take too much screen > space, letting the user with only a few stamps/fonts visible. Things line up better with Tux being 48 hig

[Tuxpaint-dev] more font/stamp room

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:59, Gabriel Gazzán wrote: > I think the buttons TuxPaint uses for controlling the size and other > properties of stamps (or in this case, text) take too much screen > space, letting the user with only a few stamps/fonts visible. Another! One more coming. <>_

[Tuxpaint-dev] more font/stamp room

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:59, Gabriel Gazzán wrote: > I think the buttons TuxPaint uses for controlling the size and other > properties of stamps (or in this case, text) take too much screen > space, letting the user with only a few stamps/fonts visible. Here's #5. <>

[Tuxpaint-dev] more font/stamp room

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:59, Gabriel Gazzán wrote: > I think the buttons TuxPaint uses for controlling the size and other > properties of stamps (or in this case, text) take too much screen > space, letting the user with only a few stamps/fonts visible. Here's another. <>___

[Tuxpaint-dev] more font/stamp room

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:59, Gabriel Gazzán wrote: > I think the buttons TuxPaint uses for controlling the size and other > properties of stamps (or in this case, text) take too much screen > space, letting the user with only a few stamps/fonts visible. I have 3 ideas for this. I'll send them in

[Tuxpaint-dev] more font/stamp room

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:59, Gabriel Gazzán wrote: > I think the buttons TuxPaint uses for controlling the size and other > properties of stamps (or in this case, text) take too much screen > space, letting the user with only a few stamps/fonts visible. I have 3 ideas for this. I'll send them in

[Tuxpaint-dev] more font/stamp room

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:59, Gabriel Gazzán wrote: > I think the buttons TuxPaint uses for controlling the size and other > properties of stamps (or in this case, text) take too much screen > space, letting the user with only a few stamps/fonts visible. I have 3 ideas for this. I'll send them in s

[Tuxpaint-dev] TODO list

2005-01-01 Thread Albert Cahalan
Just to let people know what I'm thinking of... flat green labels scroll wheel doesn't go too far scroll wheel works for Open dialog wider Open dialog add New dialog grey outlines for all disabled stuff "Colors" label should be grey too, not black or missing free font style memory #if out bulk

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] text tool

2005-01-01 Thread Gabriel Gazzán
I think the buttons TuxPaint uses for controlling the size and other properties of stamps (or in this case, text) take too much screen space, letting the user with only a few stamps/fonts visible. Perhaps a better solution could be to use smaller buttons for controls, something like this: What d