Re: Usability Study Report - Clock problems

[nils <n p sun com>]

Julian,

I'm planning on doing a design for a new way to edit menus which
is compatible with the changes that George is making on the backend.
Hopefully then George will implement it. I will be posting the proposal
in a couple of weeks or so for feedback. As part of the design I
also had planned to support panel configuration in general - although no
one has signed up to do that for 2.0. I kind of look as menu configuration
as a subset of panel configuration?

Did James have a protoype or some screenshots?

Nils


Julian Missig wrote:

> Well, the thing is that just solving the problem for the clock applet is not the
> solution. Just because Clock was the only thing they tested doesn't mean it's the
> only usability issue :) - it's a pointer to a greater problem with applet usability.
> I know James Cape and others have discussed the idea of some sort of centralized way
> for configuring applets, but I don't know if that got anywhere. Basically,
> configuring the clock, tasklist, desk guide, etc all need to happen in the same
> place. Perhaps this points towards making the preference windows for the applets
> into some sort of capplet-ish thing which can be embedded into a main panel applet
> preference window... I'm not sure of the solution, I just know that making it easier
> to configure the clock isn't going to solve everything. :)
>
> Julian
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From:           Heeten
> Date:           Fri 7/20/01 13:26
> To:             usability gnome org, gnomecc-list gnome org
> Subject:        Usability Study Report - Clock problems
>
> Hey lists,
>
> What about if there was a clock window (or capplet or
> whatever they're going to be called) that let you pick
> your clock, and had a window that previewed what it
> looked like, along with let you set it's properties.
> This way people would find the setting where they
> expect it, and also would know what the clock names
> mean.  -ponder- the only thing is I don't know how
> easy it would be to remove the old clock, and make
> sure the new one gets put in the right position ( I'm
> still pretty unfamiliar with the gnome code )
>
> Anyway, just an idea/thought I had
>
> Heeten
>
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