Re: Renderer updates
- From: Kevin Godby <godbyk yahoo com>
- To: Nat Friedman <nat nat org>
- Cc: Matt Jones <mattharrison sbcglobal net>, dashboard-hackers gnome org
- Subject: Re: Renderer updates
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 23:00:25 -0500
On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 21:02 -0400, Nat Friedman wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 21:45 -0700, Matt Jones wrote:
> > 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.
I am most certainly *not* an artist. I'll take all the help I can get.
The lines were just something I whipped up in The Gimp in a couple
minutes. More of proof-of-concept.
> > 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:
I agree with this, Nat.
I'll post more in a follow-up mail.
--Kevin Godby <godbyk yahoo com>
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