Hi all.
I`ve just sent this email to Cosimo and Emmanuele but I think I can send it to a little bit wider audience.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Witek Adamus <witekadamus gmail com>
Date: 2009/4/15
Subject: Hi
To:
cosimoc gnome org,
emmanuele emmanuelebassi netI have few ideas to implement in gnome-screenshot but... I`ve been reading all of this pages at
gnome.org and I`m a bit disoriented :(
You`re gnome developers and you`re the gnome-screenshot authors(
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeUtils). Please write me point-by-point what I have to do to get svn accout and ability to upload my code. I`d didnt used SVN ever in my live, and I completly dont know what commits, updates, branches etc. means and how to deal with it.
As not hard to figure out - these are my first steps with developing such a big project. Basicaly I`m guy who prefers putting his idea to bugtracks or brainstorm, than implement something when he`s not payed for doing it, but I decided to implement few ideas from ubuntu brainstorm.
Just take a look at them:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/16850/http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/12177/
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/16206/http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13378/
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/18488/
I temporary use workaround from 2nd solution but it works only when compiz is disabled (and needs adidional app)
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/6042/
sequencive saving can be nice to (some more preferences)
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/18247/ It`s allready implemented but need typing "gnome-screenshot -i" in CONSOLE(imo forcing to use console is evil)
This ideas imo are also worth of interest but LATER(maybe when I`ll acomplish, if I`ll acomplish my todays plan):
+
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/12502/
+
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/15796/+
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/9682/
I rather think here about idea of saving thumbnail than various formats
After browsing all of this ideas I think its not big project and I can accomplish some of listed ideas.
Best way of satisfy all of people who would like to have such functionality is creating one Preferences window more - I`ve just created my mockup of- System->Preferences->Screenshoting window
... but 1st. Lets see at another mockup I also created.
http://apng.pl/gnome/mockups/4.pngIf someone preses print screen key he should have ability to change preferences directly. Theres little problem because when I`ll add new button to the bottom, the whole window will be a bit biger and noisy. I think than buttons "Copy to clipboard" and "Save" should be just at the bottom of filename, and directory selection area.
Help button should stay with Preferences button on the left side, and on the right side the Cancel button - but imo it rather should be the "Close" button not "Cancel"
Ok. So lets go to preferences.
http://apng.pl/gnome/mockups/1.pnggnome-screenshot should check values in gconf seted-up by this window right before taking screenshot.
Default behaviour would be this which is now + users should have a chance to choose between this, and as you can se: autosave mode and windows like behaviour.
Actualy theres also problem with delay. You can change it only via gconf-editor or choose once when in interactive mode. Putting it here would simplify it.
"Hide mouse cursor" doesnt need explanation.
"Show notification" - here`s my littel dilema. I dont know is the notification area in gnome by default - or its just in ubuntu (
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD)
1st of all I think it should be included in standard Gnome edition if its not, but also... if its not included yet, I think its a bad idea to put this check box into preferences window. - What do you think??
OK. Lets go to the second tab.
http://apng.pl/gnome/mockups/2.pngWhen someone will choose autosave mode he will be able to specify his dreamed directory to save files or he can be promted sometimes - but not too often.
As you could read in brainstorm ideas of diffrent people - they had many ideas of it how filename should look like. These 3 modes should satisfy everyone + you can put prefix and postfix - I just dont know is it a good in english to call "string putten behind another string" a postfix.
here comes 3rd tab:
http://apng.pl/gnome/mockups/3.pngIts just info. I know that theres documentation, and tiny tutorial on how to use Desktop but... I dont know is anyone reading it. I didnt read it.
It`s boring and things like shourtcuts even more. I know person who didnt even know that there is prtSc key on keyboard and downloaded separate aplication for windows when wated to take some screenshots.
So if it will be in preferences window someone will read it, eg. when he`l just install ubuntu and begin to play with preferences.
And theres also one idea more - taking shot of the selected area of a screen.
So. That was my listing of plans I want to achieve in a couple of following days/weeks/months. Im downloading a whole gnome from svn right now. Maybe I`ll write few lines tomorrow - but... as I said. I dont know how to put all of this to the repository. Please send me what do you think about project, list of links directed to users of SVN(I found some tutorials but they are rather for admins who wana deploy it on their own server), and maybe some instructions how to join to gnome developers.
Cheers mate.
