Re: Review of Keybindings [Re: Dia's user interface]

[Alan Horkan <horkana tcd ie>]

> > I looked at Dia's preferences with new eyes.  Using Glade, I mocked up a
> > new preferences dialog
> >
> >  http://www.SchemaMania.org/dia/noodle/dia_preferences.glade.
> >
> > As you can see, I was able to reduce the size of the dialog by 3x (mostly
> > by using standard checkboxes and a tighter layout).  By putting
> > everything on one page, it's easier to see what's what, IMHO.  What do
> > you think?  (BTW, it's my first time using Glade.  Darned if I can get
> > right-justified labels to work: I want Width, Height, and Zoom to be
> > right justified, but Glade just refuses to display them that way.)
>
> I really like the look of that.  The prefs dialog at the moment is an
> eyesore (though very easy to extend), and it's difficult to tell what only
> goes for new diagrams.  Could you take a look at the current preferences.c
> and see how much work it would be to use your layout?  Also, how much work
> will it be to keep it up-to-date when more stuff is added (apparently,
> Glade assumes Gnome and there is some work involved in making the code
> non-Gnome)?


I would still really appreciate if someone could make a screenshot
available.

My primary concern is the size of this new dialog, and will it work on
smaller 400x600 displays.  (the Gimp installer/first use setup screen does
not fit or even resize for smaller monitors, and various dialogs in other
Gnome/Gtk programs are too big just big enough to fit but only if you are
do nothave any desktop taskbars/menubars)

Sincerely
Alan Horkan