Re: User interface suggestions

[Adrian <aferrer dit upm es>]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote:

> aferrer dit upm es (2000-10-04 at 1300.28 +0200):
> > That's ok. But if some people love text-only-interfaces, other people love
> > icon-only-interfaces... :). I personally love mixed-text-icon-interfaces,
> > with icons as much as possible (for the menus too). Perhaps the hard point
> > will be to classify the icons in groups/levels of importance for the user
> > interface, so you'll be able to switch on or off each level to be shown
> > (in the control center I think). If you switch off all levels, you'll get
> > text-only-interface :).
> 
> Maybe some simple rules: menus, buttons, tool bars, panel, possibly I
> forgot others, but not many. Nothing complex, something any user sees
> and selects quickly. Like "Panel > Menu > Global menu" list of things,
> it allows you to put things in menu, submenu or turn them off, but for
> icon, text or icon and text.
> 

Yes, that's ok.

> > > The about info box becomes less readable with the gradient, 
> > Perhaps a bit less, but it's much more nice, don´t you think? :) I made
> > the "about" suggestion mainly to change the ¿boring? original design, but
> > maintaining part of the style...
> 
> Some people like themes with rock textures and others want plain,
> simple color ones. The gradient will not fit my theme 100% for example
> (not nice in my case). So what color will be used for it? A fixed one?
> One based in the theme?  What if the theme is pixmap based (where do
> you get the color)?
> 
> I would leave all those details to themes. Even current box looks bad
> in some cases. Imagine current green box with red desktop (GTK theme,
> Sawfish theme and desktop background in red shades), it does not match
> at all. Your gradient one will collide with other themes too. Allowing
> skins, and then breaking them with some widgets is not what I would
> say good, there is no way to get a perfectly matched look.
> 

I agree, the "about" window design could be controled by themes to keep
consistence with the rest of the theme (maybe a special section in the
theme programming?).

> > Thanks for your comments...
> 
> A mandar. ;]
> 

:)) Salu2000


								Adrián