Am Dienstag, den 28.03.2006, 22:31 +0200 schrieb Vincent Untz: > Le mardi 28 mars 2006 à 21:05 +0200, Sebastian Rittau a écrit :
> > * What are the possible types? If it's just "Application" and > > "Application in Terminal" I would rather suggest a discreet > > checkbox. Also then I don't think it needs a prominent placement > > right at the top of the dialog. > > When editing an application launcher, there are two possible types. So a > checkbox might make sense there. But when creating a new launcher, you > also have a third type (link, or file) and in this case, the checkbox > would be greyed out. Ah, that means you still have the same dialog for executable and link launchers. I thought you had two different ones. > The idea comes from Paolo. IMHO, it's a good way to not prominently > mention the terminal. I wonder whether this might not have another effect: Now the user might wonder what options there are and open the types popup. That would mean that the user is not only exposed to the word "Terminal", but has another step to do to get there. Just a general note, because it came up in the bug report IIRC: The whole terminal business is a bit unfortunate. On the other hand I think the ability to run applications in a terminal window in (still) important. There is probably a noticeable percentage of our user base that need this. For example until recently I used mutt (and still consider going back to it from Evolution). I need an easy way to create a launcher for that program as well. I think many other users (not only power users, but a lot of intermediate users as well) have similar needs and I think the possible confusion for inexperienced users is offset by that. > > * In the link editor "URL" is probably the wrong term. Also, it > > doesn't sound as if you could enter a file name here. Maybe use > > a type chooser in this dialog? Or change the text entry label to > > "Address/File:" and the button text to "Choose file..."? > > Hrm... What types would you propose? "File" and "Web Address". I don't know whether this a good idea though. Maybe just use "Location" on the URL entry like Alan suggested and be done with it? - Sebastian _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
