Re: Appearance Capplet Ideas

[Denis Washington <dwashington gmx net>]

Jens Granseuer wrote:
> On 06.04.2007 20:16, Denis Washington wrote:
>   
> > While I was talking with Thomas about the problem of the Theme tab 
> > changing controls in the other tabs, I came up with a mockup that makes 
> > an external theme selection window accessible through a "Choose 
> > Theme..." button, which is above the notebook containing the actual 
> > preferences. Screenshots are here:
> >
> > http://ultimum-projekt.de/mockups/apearance.html
> >
> > If we can make clear to the user that changing the theme also changes 
> > his appearance settings, I think this could be a solution to the 
> > tab-influences-tab problem.
> >     
>
> It does solve the interdependency issue, I think, but I prefer
> Thomas' version for several reasons:
>
> 1) putting the metatheme stuff above everything else implies that
> saving/choosing a theme there also includes settings like fonts,
> background, menus & toolbars which it (usually) does not (and
> should not).
>   

Thomas said background and fonts are also supported by metathemes (if 
you closely look at the current theme capplet, you can see the line 
"This theme does not suggest any particular font or background.", so 
support for this seems to already exist.

> 2) the metatheme selection seems like a much more natural entry
> point for new users; it does have the disadvantage that it probably
> won't be used much afterwards, though. It looks like we can't
> have both.
>   

Yes, that's the main problem. The question is: should the capplet 
optimized for the one time a user enters it first or the several times 
he uses it afterwards? I would prefer the latter.

> 3) it takes more space
>
>   

That's truly undeniable.

> Jens
>
>   

Regards,
Denis