Hi

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Martyn Russell <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 14/09/09 07:02, Ivan Frade wrote:
>
>   As a first approach to release 0.7 is ok, but i think we should do a
>> complete clean-up of that preferences applet, a little bit in this line:
>>
>
> I generated it from scratch cleaning it up as I went along. A lot of the
> options we have in the config files don't really make sense to have in the
> UI and to be honest the user won't care about I suppose, so I did prune a
> lot.
>
> You have to remember, the dialog should be clean and not too cluttered, if
> you put detailed information in there on show 100% of the time it looks
> horrible (IMO) and that can be avoided with tooltips.
>
>  http://weblog.savanne.be/176-a-tale-about-design
>>
>
> I personally think that dialog is ugly and he is using small text there for
> what really should be done in tooltips OR a much better checkbutton
> description.


 Ok. I read this mail too late. Attached a version using the "small text"
approach. Agree that tooltips also makes sense.

>
>> and i would remove "Include mounted directories" and "include removable
>> media" (or move them to a different tab...)
>>
>
> Why?
>
> I put there here because these are all on/off options that affect indexing.


At least both options sounds confusing. I don't see a clear difference
(maybe because i am technical and i see a "removable device" as a "mount
point").

In the mock UI i attach, i put them together in one unique option.

I think before you do, we should agree to avoid wasting resources ;)
>

Yep, i did it before reading this mail. I attach a .glade file that
basically:
* Uses the "small text" approach instead of tooltips
* Removes few options that only pro-users will miss (I hope :P)

Take as a proof of concept, and not a serious proposal for integration.

Regards,

Ivan

Attachment: tracker-options.glade
Description: application/glade

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