On 18 Jul 2006, at 09:01, Jerome Flesch wrote: >> In general, I think a problem with Thaw's current UI is that a lot of >> functionality has a permanent place on the UI, where really the >> functionality should be present in a pop-up window that only appears >> when needed. I think this applies to both the upload and download >> tabs, which we should consider replacing with separate windows that >> appear when the user needs to upload or download a file, and also the >> status area to the right of the UI. >> > A popup mechanism may require a lot of rewriting, and so I prefer > to avoid it > at the moment. But a simpler idea would be to right panel (the one > with all > the details), hideable (and hide by default). I will try to find a > stylish > way to do that.
That sounds fine, I only suggested popup windows because I thought they might be easiest. A "drawer"-style right panel for detailed information would be ideal, but we should be careful to ensure that the association between the information in this panel, and the selected item, is clear. Do you think a similar pop-out panel could be used for providing the necessary information for uploads and downloads? Ian. Ian Clarke: Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Revver, Inc. phone: 323.871.2828 | personal blog - http://locut.us/blog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/thaw/attachments/20060718/97b2c2d9/attachment.html>
