Re: System settings layouts (Universal Access proposal)

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

Hello Christian,

On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 17:46 +0000, Christian Giordano wrote:
> Some layouts in System Settings are not as appealing and clear as they
> could be. The Universal Access, in particular, could benefit from some
> changes.

The design for the Universal Access panel is actually done and finished.

> I think the problem is mainly because the switch widgets. While they
> can help to make the decisions more explicit, they are quite difficult
> to place in a layout.

The switch are the primary way to enable/disable the feature. You'll
notice that the Universal Access panel, even though it mostly uses the
same widgets as the rest of the panels is actually laid out differently.
The aim is to make it straight forward to find and enable particular
settings. Your layout makes it hard to see what's enabled, and what
isn't.

> Looking into the Ubuntu implementation, I quickly mock this
> up: http://ubuntuone.com/3VFTKAVMC6X2oFcQ0m5Odk

This doesn't follow the rest of the panels' spacing usage, and look very
non-GNOMEy.

> ...and added it to the dedicated page in the
> wiki: https://live.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/UniversalAccess

If you have particular concerns about the layout, feel free to voice
them, rather than dismissing all the work that's occurred before.

Cheers