Re: (no subject)

[Adrian <aferrer dit upm es>]

On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Michael Beurskens wrote:

> > Do they change as they are used? What will you tell a user when he
> > asks why an icon changed its font "magically"? Surprise. We have
> > people that find icon changes weird, imagine then: "My CDROM icon has
> > changed name again, and now is bold font too". Does the change worth
> > the surprise?
> 
> What about MS-style (Windows 2000, Windows ME) bubble-help?
>  I.e. if the features is activated for the first time a speech-bubble
> appears, telling something like
> 
> "Why has my icon suddenly turned bold?
> Gnome automatically detects your favorite items.
> If you use an item a lot it will turn bold so you can spot it easily."
> 

Good suggestion! Gnome assistants for user guiance will be very
important...

> About theme support: There should be an option in the theme-definition to
> define what "frequently used" items should look like (bold face, color,
> italics, ...).
> 

I agree, themes will have to adapt to interface improvements...

> Michael Beurskens
> 

Cheers


								Adrián