[Evolution-hackers] Re: [Evolution] Evolution 2.0 UI proposal
- From: Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>
- To: Ettore Perazzoli <ettore ximian com>
- Cc: Jason Tackaberry <tack auc ca>, Evolution Hackers Mailing List <evolution-hackers ximian com>, Evolution Mailing List <evolution ximian com>
- Subject: [Evolution-hackers] Re: [Evolution] Evolution 2.0 UI proposal
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 21:59:53 -0400
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 19:42, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> > * It's not obvious from the mockups whether or not it will be
> > possible to collapse trees. (i.e. I don't see any +/- button
> > there.) Hopefully that will still be possible.
>
> Yeah, Anna just had trouble filling up the tree widget with some content
> in Glade so she just cut and pasted some text with the Gimp instead. It
> is supposed to be a tree, just like the one we have now.
>
> (Actually, we might port it to GtkTreeView. Mike Kestner had ported it
> a while ago but we decided to stick with ETree for 1.4 to limit the
> number of changes; now it makes sense to put that code back in.)
>
> > * It should be possible to reorder/remove or at least collapse the
> > top-level categories (i.e. the "On My Computer," "On
> > sensitive.org," and "Virtual Folders" that appear on the list in
> > evo_mail2.png).
>
> Same as above. This is also supposed to be a tree.
>
> This is a very rough, early mockup to explain what the basic idea is, we
> are going to have a more specific design later. ;-)
>
> > * Should the search bar at the top be labeled with "Search"? It
> > might improve usability to have "Search for [Messages
> > Containing] <input field>" instead of "[Message Contains] <input
> > field>"
>
> The current way actually doesn't have a Search label either, I don't
> know if it has ever been shown to be a usability problem. I think Anna
> tested it on people before.
>
> > * I don't see a Clear button for the search bar. How will that
> > work?
>
> Yeah, this is an oversight, instead of the magnifier icon there is going
> to be a "clear search" icon there.
>
> > * In the calendar/contacts screenshots, I see a "Filter by
> > Category" list. Will that also be available on the in the mail
> > view?
>
> That would be nice, yeah. It's a pretty commonly requested feature, and
> I assume is easy to implement in the mailer?
what exactly would it do?
>
> > * If you axe the Summary, you'll only have 5 navigation buttons
> > (or whatever you call them), and that will look unbalanced. :)
>
> The layout of the buttons actually will have to be dynamic in some way,
> since we want to allow new components to be plugged in and the view
> should just cope with that (and in particular, Connector might want to
> have its own button there as well).
>
> We'll have to write some custom layout code and try to figure out what
> is the best way to move them around when the size of the pane changes.
>
> -- Ettore
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Jeffrey Stedfast
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