Re: [Deskbar] Unavailable handlers in prefs?

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <kamstrup daimi au dk>]

On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 19:36 -0400, Jose daLuz wrote:
> Just to inject a user's perspective, most people would find "Show
> failed handlers" to be pretty opaque ("What's a handler?")
Yes. We certainly have to find a sensible name for this...

> , but perhaps whatever the "error" icon is for the current theme (red
> circle with white x or whatever) replaces the search icon in the entry
> field,
I don't think errors belong directly in the toplevel GUI. After all this
might not really be errors (let alone fatal/important).

If we put "unloaded modules" (call it what you want) in a separate
dialog or tab there will be more room for error messages or usage
instructions.
That is also why I don't think we should include this list in the
ordinary handler list.

Cheers
Mikkel

> Jose daLuz
> 
> On 10/17/05, Raphael Slinckx <raphael slinckx net> wrote:
>         On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 00:12 +0200, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
>         wrote:
>         > When we (or others) start introducing more complex handlers
>         it will be
>         > nice to be able to produce feedback in some sane
>         non-intrusive way. 
>         >
>         > I really understand that we don't want to sprinkle unused
>         handlers
>         > around in the GUI, that was also why I asked you guys if you
>         had any
>         > ideas...
>         > I still believe that there should be some way or other (not
>         involving a 
>         > terminal) to discover all the handlers.
>         >
>         
>         Point taken after seeing the google live handler i realize
>         there is need
>         for such handling.
>         
>         I propose the following UI discussed with mikkel on IRC: 
>         Current active handler selector:
>         |--------------
>         |
>         |
>         |
>         |
>         |--------------
>         Note: blah
>         [Show failed handlers]
>         
>         You click on it, and it show a list view with each failed
>         handler, along
>         with a message for the failure, a bit like active handlers
>         have name 
>         +description.
>         
>         Is that a good UI, or maybe we need somthing better ? like
>         having one
>         single handler list, and only show acive handlers in it, then
>         if a
>         checkbow is clicked ([X] Show all handlers) the erratic
>         handlers would 
>         be displayed greyed out, with the error replacing the
>         description ?
>         
>         Raf
>         
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