Yes, I know that we already have drag and drop in the dialog. I�m just pointing out that it would be more intuitive if the applets were shown as an icon grid, instead of the current list.
Sorry for the mistake. I know that myh english skills are poor, and I�ll try to do better next time. Regards Lucas On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:24:48 +0100, Luca Ferretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Il giorno gio, 10-02-2005 alle 23:11 -0300, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues ha > scritto: > > > > The new "Add to Panel" list is just too long. When I was using it for > > > the first time, I was searching for applets I already knew I wanted, but > > > had to scan the list multiple times because I kept missing the ones I > > > was looking for. Long story short, there is too much info there in a big > > > unfriendly list. > > > > In regard to "Add to panel" dialog, may I suggest you to use the same > > approach (ie, flat iconview, with clearly labeled categories, icons > > with short descriptions and/or tooltips)? With this design, it�ll be > > easy to drag and drop things to panel (it�s more intuitive to drag an > > icon than an huge icon+long description object to the panel). > > D'n'D is yet available in the current Add to Panel dialog ;-) > > This let's you to add multiple applets at once. > > -- > Luca Ferretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- ============================== Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues trabalho: LPDTA/FEQ/Unicamp e-mail : lookkas AT gmail DOT com e-mail : lucas AT feq DOT unicamp DOT br jabber : lookkas AT jabber DOT org ICQ # : 301 084 703 yahoo : lmeneghelrodrigues AT yahoo DOT com DOT br MSN : joaozinhodomorro AT hotmail DOT com ============================== _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
