On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:44:08 +0400 Grigory Tuboltsev <[email protected]> wrote:
> Xfce is often used on notebooks so saving some screen space could be > a good idea: (http://i32.tinypic.com/30d9xs9.png) Saving space is good, yes. > I am sure i could make it even more compact and improve general > usability, should i post other mocups ? > > Unfortunately I speak no C or C++ so I can only share some usability > thoughts. The mockup you posted above is not really usable. A bit more spacing and text helps users in finding a certain operation again later. I've (more or less) decided to implement this mockup now: http://en.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-09142009-030342pm.php It requires less vertical space and we can probably display 5 jobs without scrollbars on a netbook screen. I'd say that's pretty good. > Rgrds, > Grigory Tuboltsev > > > Jannis Pohlmann wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > I've been hacking on a shared progress dialog today which displays > > all the copy/move progress information in a single dialog instead > > of many. It also shows a status bar icon for as long as there are > > file operations running. > > > > Here's what it looks like: > > http://lunar-linux.org/~jannis/screenshots/xfce/thunar-progress-dialog-20090912-1.png > > > > Now the individual job titles could be a little more descriptive. I > > could imagine changing that to something like > > > > Copying files from "Source folder" to "Target folder" > > Moving files from "Source folder" to "Target folder" > > Deleting files from "Source folder" > > > > And so on. Ellipsizing these titles could ensure that the dialog > > doesn't grow beyond the acceptable. > > > > I wonder what you guys think about this feature though. It's not > > committed to master yet, because I'd like to get some feedback. Do > > you like it, do you not like it? > > > > - Jannis > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thunar-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thunar-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
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