Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-15 Thread Simon Michael
Simon Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think it needs an image content-type ? Sorry, just my flaky link. For shame, to think such a thing. My two cents on the screenshot: - looks like good progress! - the top bar as shown definitely doesn't make best use of my precious screen space,

RE: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Andy Dawkins
-shaded rows, Just a consistancy thang :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: 12 January 2001 02:12 To: Steve Alexander; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3 I think the new UI for 2.3 is great

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Chris Withers
Brian Lloyd wrote: Are you guys working on 486's with 13in. monitors at 640x480 or something? :^) Well, no, but laptops aren't known for their high resolutions and that can make demonstrating zope a pain :-S Seriously - Zope has been criticized for a very long time for being, ah,

RE: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Zope mailing lists
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Brian Lloyd wrote: Are you guys working on 486's with 13in. monitors at 640x480 or something? :^) Let's put it this way: I have my window frame borders on my xwindows set to 1 pixel because I feel that the default (6?) pixel width wastes way too much screen realestate (I

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Ty Sarna
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brian Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you guys working on 486's with 13in. monitors at 640x480 or something? :^) At home I run 21" @ 1600x1280. And there's a reason I shelled out for that: I want to get lots of information on the screen. I didn't buy extra

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Andy McKay
Come on, can someone post some sample screenshots? -- Andy McKay. - Original Message - From: "Andy Dawkins" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Brian Lloyd" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:39 AM Subject: RE: [Zope-dev] New UI

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Shane Hathaway
ECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:39 AM Subject: RE: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3 Well just to be completely different to everyone else, I like the new look. The bar at the top takes up a centimeter on my 20in monitor and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. I think Brain is rig

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Jimmie Houchin
Hello, I personally don't have a problem with the new UI as far as the frames are concerned. I have not used it on a laptop, so can't express any opinions concerning such. I do prefer the blue to the black. Concerning branding, it seems to me (my opinion) that up at the top would generally be

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Michael Bernstein
Brian Lloyd wrote: make a 32 pixel-high concession to a small pittance of branding? The top frame is also a place where we might want to put more "placeless" operations like logout in the future. You can only jam so much into the tree pane without it looking very much like way too

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Robin Becker
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Shane Hathaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Andy McKay wrote: Come on, can someone post some sample screenshots? http://www.zope.org/Members/hathawsh/new_ui.png I hate the brand at the top. Put it at the bottom where it can disappear and not take up space. Can we

RE: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Dieter Maurer
Brian Lloyd writes: ... But is it really so bad to make a 32 pixel-high concession to a small pittance of branding? I can spare 32 pixels in height, but the current 32 pixels are worthless for me as I cannot read what is there. I do not know at what design schools one learns that

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-12 Thread Andy McKay
uot;Brian Lloyd" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:37 PM Subject: RE: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3 Brian Lloyd writes: ... But is it really so bad to make a 32 pixel-high concession to a small pittance of branding? I can spare 32 pixels in height

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-11 Thread Chris Withers
Steve Alexander wrote: However, I do not like the 3-frame interface. I feel that the top frame is wasted space. The Zope logo and "Logged in as username | Logout" could as easily go at the bottom of the tree-view frame on the left. I haven't seen this yet, but I have to agree. Two frames is

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-11 Thread Andy McKay
I haven't seen this yet, but I have to agree. Two frames is bad enough btu addign another one with all the wasted border space, etc, sounds like a bad idea... This would leave extra screen space for doing work. Hear, hear, could anyone post some screenshots? -- Andy McKay

RE: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-11 Thread Brian Lloyd
I think the new UI for 2.3 is great improvement over 2.2. I'm already finding the sorted tables of folder contents useful, and having the add new items select at the top saves time. However, I do not like the 3-frame interface. I feel that the top frame is wasted space. The Zope logo

RE: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-11 Thread Casey Duncan
I agree that it looks better. The addition of another whole frame for this though is my main beef with it. Perhaps this could be integrated some other way. Frames should only be added when there is no other option. It's just that browsers waste so much space up there anyway, and the extra 32

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-11 Thread Phil Harris
Brian, Good answer, I for one would like to add a vote for the new UI. +1 Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Brian Lloyd wrote: I think the new UI for 2.3 is great improvement over 2.2. I'm already finding the sorted tables of folder contents useful, and having the add new

[Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-10 Thread Steve Alexander
I think the new UI for 2.3 is great improvement over 2.2. I'm already finding the sorted tables of folder contents useful, and having the add new items select at the top saves time. However, I do not like the 3-frame interface. I feel that the top frame is wasted space. The Zope logo and

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-10 Thread Casey Duncan
--- Steve Alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I do not like the 3-frame interface. I feel that the top frame is wasted space. The Zope logo and "Logged in as username | Logout" could as easily go at the bottom of the tree-view frame on the left. This would leave extra screen

Re: [Zope-dev] New UI for 2.3

2001-01-10 Thread Michael Bernstein
Steve Alexander wrote: I think the new UI for 2.3 is great improvement over 2.2. I'm already finding the sorted tables of folder contents useful, and having the add new items select at the top saves time. However, I do not like the 3-frame interface. I feel that the top frame is wasted