Re: [Usability] Re: Killing Views Part 2 - The return of the Usab ilty study

[Raphael Bosshard <whistler bluewin ch>]

Jeff Waugh wrote:

> <quote who="Murray Cumming Comneon com">
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> > > The other way always pops up new windows for each item, placing them
> > > semingly randomly on screen having you micro-managing their position and
> > > size, etc. That could also be seen as irritating and unexpected.
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> > Showing them always in the same separate "Preview Window" would solve this
> > problem. (This is Jeff's preview application idea). Of course, it could
> > give other problems, and I can't think of any previous example of this.
> >    
What about having the preview inside the Side Pane, as a kind of 
additional information?

Currently, when I open the information sidepane, it always displays 
information about the current folder. What about displaying information 
about the currently selected file (and maybe informations about the 
folder when no file is selected)?
Every component may provide it's controls, eg. zoom for 
images/text-documents, FF and FFR for movies and audio-files.
Additional metadata could also be displayed there.

Raphael