Re: [gnome-love] Re: Re: anyone wanna help with gnome-backgrounds

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 14:17, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 12:33, Mark Finlay wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 17:06, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 11:08, Mark Finlay wrote:
> > > > > I'll clean some things up, and post another mockup.
> > > >
> > > > Look forward to seeing it
> > >
> > > http://www.gnome.org/~dobey/gnome-background-properties.png
> >
> > Very nice, still have two reservations tho:
> > * I don't think the text beside the image is very useful. The vast
> > majority of images aren't going to have decent metadata anyway, and it
> > takes up load of space
>
> It does not take up loads of space. this is a *list*, not a broken icon
> view thing. The metadata is very useful. Just because there are current
> limitations in the way people use the desktop, doesn't mean we shouldn't
> innovate and coax them to do something better. 

Right.  Plus it can help in many situations; think slightly different
backgrounds where the thumbnail is too small, or visually impaired users
setting a background (don't ask why ;-)

> > * Is there an issue with using "Add Image(s)"? Cus "Add Images"
> > kinda implies that you have to add more than one..
>
> Yes. The parens take up too much space in the buttons. It also implies
> that *we* have no clue what the fuck we are talking about, and just
> promotes confusion to the user. I really don't think we should have the
> term "Image" in the buttons at all.
>
> Ah. I love English sometimes. "Wallpaper" is both singular and plural.
> Put a new image up. This looks even better. :)

Hmm, tho what now do you recommend to translators?

> http://www.gnome.org/~dobey/gnome-background-properties.png
>
> -- dobey
>
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Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>
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