Re: F-Spot UI Consistency and Polish

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen gmail com>]

On 31/10/06, Gabriel Burt <gabriel burt gmail com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> On 10/30/06, John Stowers <john stowers lists gmail com> wrote:
> > * If the find bar and query bar are mutually exclusive then they
> > should appear in the same place.
>
> Agreed, they should both be at the top.  I put the type-to-find entry
> at the bottom to be like Firefox, but let's move it to the top.
>
> > * The Query bar should use an information icon to indicate valid
> > searched like the find bar does to indicate no results have been
> > found.
>
> Agreed, the "Invalid" and "Valid" labels were there for me when I was
> coding it.  It should have an icon for two cases, though - no photos
> found (but all tags entered recognized), tag(s) not recognized (or
> operator mistyped).  It would be sweet it we could use a spell-check
> like mechanism to underline the parts of the query that weren't
> recognized.
>
> > * Change the Tag bar shortcut key to be shift-ctrl-t as recommended by
> > the HIG [1]
>
> I think that's fine.  The real shortcut for it is just 't'.  There was
> a long discussion with Nat about having there be a shortcut at all.
> Nat initially had it where you typed letters while having a photo
> selected and it would start tagging it.
>
> > * Remove the small tag icons beside the Comment entry in the photo
> > view. Show the tag bar at the bottom of the photo view to provide the
> > same information
>
> Not so sure about this, showing the tagging bar by default.
>
> > * Show the Find bar and the Query bar, alternately, just below the
> > date widget (where the find bar is currently shown)
>
> This was point #1, no?  Still in agreement..
>
> > * Does it make sense to show the Find and Query bars in the photo
> > view? Or just the browse view
>
> I think it's fine to show it.  Changing the query from there affects
> what photos are available when you click 'Next' etc.
>
> > * Move "Drag tags here to search for them" to beside the information
> > bar icon and show it when no tags are being searched.
>
> I don't understand what you're suggesting.
>
> > Sorry about all the nitpicking, if there is a consensus on how to best
> > address these items then I will provide patches.
>
> Not at all, the nitpicking is great.  Polish is very important.
> Please feel free to provide patches for any of these things.  Thanks,
>
> Gabriel

I agree that the interface needs to be better organized. I posted a
suggestion on how to better organize things here on the list, I can
dig it up if need be. Stowers' suggestions are extremely valid as
well.

Dotan Cohen
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