Hey Richard (neighbour[1]), On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 18:44 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote: > Now I know GNOME Power Manager is new, but I want your input on the > Human Interface Guideline stuff... - I've attached some screenshots of a > quick glade file DavidZ and myself have been talking about. > > It's a redesign of the old preferences program: > http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/gpp.php#screenshots
Here goes: http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-server.png - Remove GNOME from the dialog title, it has no use. - The lightbulb bit has a typo, and it isn't necessary, as the dialog title says it's preferences for power, and the tab is computer. http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-laptop.png - "Mains" is British English. The default language for GNOME software (to my displeasure :) is American English - What's the difference between hibernate and "soft suspend"? And "soft suspend is a bit technospeak. http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-ups.png - Lightbulb not necessary as well. If the user has a UPS, they probably know what it's for. http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-batteries.png - Are there secondary batteries? How do I tell them apart from primary batteries? - "Display icon..." is probably not what you want. How about "Display icon only when power is low", meaning that the battery icon would always be shown if unticked? - When does power fail for a battery? It's probably too late to do anything if it's empty. http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-display.png - LCD probably isn't the right thing to use, and some machines can control the brightness of a CRT in software (my old iMac could for example). - How does that integrate with screensaver preferences? Should the screensaver preferences be there as well? Should it choose to have no screensaver when running on battery? http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-buttons.png - What's a lid button? - Why aren't the power and sleep buttons setup in the keyboard preferences? http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-wireless.png - When wouldn't you want to know when the power is low on your mouse/keyboard/PDA? - Why would you display an icon all the time? (I think this whole tab can go, not displaying the power icon unless power is low, and showing a warning when it becomes low) Great work on getting the power stuff integrated. Cheers [1]: Unrelated, but I live just by the Uni of Surrey where I think you're studying, right? --- Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ utopia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/utopia-list
