On Tue, 10 May 2005, Rodney Dawes wrote: > Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:07:29 -0400 > From: Rodney Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Usability] Button Layout in Dialogs, > vertical button bar on the right? >
responding to this comment first: > Moving the OK/Cancel/etc... buttons to the right hand side, would only > make things even more terribly confusing for our users, I think. I am not looking to change any of the Gnome defaults, merely considering that just as some users prefer the button order OK/Cancel, similarly some users might prefer to move the buttons from the bottom of a dialog to the right hand side to match what they are already familiar with. > In those dialogs, the buttons you are talking about, are usually > add/remove or similar buttons, relating to the widget directly to > the left of the column of buttons in question. In the theme capplet, > these buttons generally directly reflect the view in the list, directly > next to the buttons. This is the same for the Search/Folder/Filter > editor dialogs in Evolution. In some places, it doesn't necessarily > make much sense. The "details" dialog in the theme capplet for example. > The "Go to Theme Folder" button has no real relation at all to the list. > The closest possible argument, is that the items inside of the folder, > may or may not affect individiual "details" theme lists. I think it's > safe to say that the button doesn't belong on the upper right in the > notebook tabs in the "Theme Details" dialog. Thanks for making it clearer, when you point out the scope of the buttons it makes more sense. > > P.S. Anyone know of an easy to use key logger or click counter, something > > like to gather data on my own usage patterns? If there was something I > > could compile into my applications to gather usage data I might be > > interested to give that a try but in the short term I'm just looking for > > something simple, a step up from the odometer panel applet. > > The "timeline" module in CVS might be of help. It lets you visualize the > applications you spend your time in, in a neat little timeline. :) Thanks again, that sounds like a good thing for me to start with. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
