Re: Renderer updates

[Nat Friedman <nat nat org>]

On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 21:45 -0700, Matt Jones wrote:
> Hi - 
> 
> > 
> > I'm open to suggestions and recommendations for more improvements (and
> > even criticism).
> 
> First the nit-picky:
> 
> Just looking at the screenshot (I haven't had a chance to patch yet) -
> is it possibly to restrain list items (like the files) so that they
> align against the inside edge of the top vertical line? The im convos
> seem to, but not the files.

This is a reasonable nit-pick.  Also, I think we should sic some artists
on this a bit; the lines could have nicer shadows and things.

> Bigger suggestions - 
> Perhaps every renderer should display in a list format - all
> standardized to a list similar to the "Your files" section. What I mean
> by this is - (an example might make more sense)

Dashboard used to do this, but we reverted to having a specific renderer
for each match type.  I think that we should render each type of
information in a type-specific way.  Mails are not web links,
addressbook cards are not files, and RSS feeds are not photographs.  I
mumbled about this a little bit back in December:

http://lists.gnome.org/archives/dashboard-hackers/2003-December/msg00094.html

Best wishes,
Nat