On 5/12/05, Kirk Bridger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using Gnome 2.8, but I had some comments on this too. > > Right now, I find that the interface for burning lacks a lot of details, > such as those listed by Corey. How much space is left on my disk? Is > the disk even detected? How much space do the current files need? > > Right now, I click burn and am told the disk size needed is 1.7 GB. So > I cancel, remove a few folders, and click burn again. 1.2 GB. Repeat > until I get it below 700 MB (assuming the inserted disk is empty, which > as far as I can tell there's no way of knowing if it is or not until I > start to burn). This is obviously a less than pefect way of trying to > fit files onto a CD. > > How about we use the information panel of Nautilus to show us the info > of the inserted media (a basic display, with detailed media inspection > available via a drop-down widget), along with the details of the > 'project' or the size of the contents in the burn:// folder. > > This provides an easy way for users to see the details of inserted media > as well as the requirements for their current burn:// folder. Perhaps > we could have this info panel auto-display when the burn:// folder is > opened? > > I'm not sure about introducing another toolbar ... do you mean the > status bar of Nautilus, or another Gnome toolbar? I'm not clear on what > you're proposing. > > Kirk > > > On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 15:59 -0700, Corey Burger wrote: > > I was looking recently at a number of different burning apps, and > > realized how shit most of them are. However, some have good gui > > concepts. I thus burned the idea down a simple bottom taskbar, with > > the following three items: > > > > 1. A "burn" button > > 2. An amount of disk space used of total > > 3. Type of disk > > > > I have filed a bug about this, but it is wontfix until we can decide > > on something, so that a patch can be implemented. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Corey > > _______________________________________________ > > Usability mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > >
The simplest way I can explain it is this image of serpentine: http://s1x.homelinux.net/files/main.png Basically, move the burn button to the bottom bar, and lose the top one. Corey _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
