Am Donnerstag, den 21.09.2006, 00:54 +1200 schrieb Matthew Paul Thomas: > On Sep 18, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Sebastian Heinlein wrote: > > > > Am Sonntag, den 10.09.2006, 17:21 +1200 schrieb Matthew Paul Thomas: > >> > >>> Some of the content useful for more advanced users it outside the > >>> default visible area, and can be scrolled to. > >> > >> I don't think I've ever seen a window like that. Can you give an > >> example? > > > > The synaptic download window and all of its error dialogs, which also > > display the terminal output of apt. > > ... > > Wow, you're right. The listbox in the download window probably should > be replaced by text for the currently downloading file: > __ > \/ Time remaining: about 7 hours > > Downloading: linux-image-2.6.15-27-386 > From: security.ubuntu.com > Rate: 2897 B/s
Technically it's a treeview and not a listbox. Seems like a good idea. > The error alerts could similarly be made more useful by parsing the > terminal output and replacing the listboxes with text, something like: > > 3 of the 27 files (including > “linux-image-2.6.15-27-386_2.6.15-27.48_i386.deb” from > security.ubuntu.com) could not be downloaded. Do you want to > install the 4 packages that all files were downloaded for? > > ( Open Full Log ) ( Cancel ) (( Install 4 Anyway )) > > (The button wording sucks, I know.) Anyway, these are quite unusual > cases, so I don't think they warrant making alerts maximizable. The > lack of a maximize button is one of the visual cues that "this is an > alert". An expander could be the right way here too. The open full log action would result in two open dialogs. By the way should the open full dialog have a maximize button? :) Furthermore it could be hard to find the most important package. This would require a hard coded list for every distribution. Cheers, Sebastian _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
