Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] [Fwd: Re: HIG]



Le lun 16/12/2002 à 19:28, Damien Sandras a écrit :
> Here is the report of Calum for the druid and for the main GUI.
> I agree with him for everything of course (except that I want to keep
> the vertical toolbar ;)
> 
> Could people with enough coding knowledege like Fabrice, Kenneth,
> Migras, ? start to do patches?
> 
> Most things are very very easy to patch. Adding mnemonics should not be
> a problem either.
> 
> When you start working on something, please send a mail to the mailing
> list so that people don't work on the same things.
> 
> Those things are really easy to fix, piece of cake, so if you want to
> help, it is a good opportunity to start patching.
> 
> Btw, nobody answered my previous question (Subject: Reminder) yet on the
> mailing list :(
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> From: Calum Benson <calum benson sun com>
> To: Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
> Subject: Re: HIG
> Date: 16 Dec 2002 17:52:09 +0000
> 
> On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 22:52, Damien Sandras wrote:
> 
> > Here are the first screenshots, easy, it is the configuration assistant,
> > and the main GUI.
> 
> Sorry it's taken so long to get around to this, but here are my comments
> on the screenshots...
> 
> Configuration assistant
> -----------------------
> 
> page 1/6:
> 
> - Title: "Configuration Assistant", should perhaps be "Configuration
> Druid" to match the titlebar and the main text on the page?  (I'm not a
> big fan of the term "druid" admittedly, but as long as that's what we're
> calling these things...)
> 
> - That's quite a solid block of introductory text, you could maybe
> insert a blank line before "Once you have completed..." to break it up a
> bit.
> 
> - "Welcome to... the configuration druid" sounds a little odd, either
> "Welcome to GnomeMeeting", or "This is the GnomeMeeting general
> configuration druid" would sound better IMHO.
> 
> - "Once you have completed... you can always change them later in the
> preferences".  If all the things you can set here live in the same
> Preferences dialog, might be nicer to say where the preferences dialog
> is.  E.g. "Once you have completed these steps, you can always change
> them later by selecting Preferences on the Edit menu".
> 
> Page 2/6:
> 
> - Not sure that italics are the best choice for the description at the
> top of each page, italics are generally the hardest fonts to read
> on-screen.  Especially on Sun machines that don't support anti-aliasing
> :)
> 
> - Suggest "Personal Information" rather than "Personal Data".
> 
> - "This information will be used when connecting to remote H.323
> software".  I have no idea what "H.323 software" is, and I'm sure most
> GnomeMeeting users won't either, definitely not the sort of jargon you
> should be using in a druid :)
> 
> - "Do not register me to ILS": what is ILS?  Is this the "directory of
> GnomeMeeting users" mentioned in the page description?  If so, you
> should use that description with the checkbox, too.
> 
> - 'Comment' field: what is this comment used for?  It's not clear just
> by looking at the dialog.
> 
> - 'Location': I guess you could maybe be more specific here about what
> sort of location you're looking for... country, town, city, "in bed" or
> whatever :)
> 
> - Text fields: should all have mnemonics, and only the first word should
> be capitalised.  I.e. "First name:", "Last name:", and "Email address". 
> (Not "E-mail" address, btw, according to the Documentation Styleguide
> IIRC).
> 
> - Current HIG style for frames is to use bold title and no frame lines,
> you should probably use that here.  This applies to all pages, but I
> won't mention it again...
> 
> Page 3/6:
> 
> - Maybe suggest "Network Connection" rather than "Connection Type".
>  
> - "it is possible to tweak and change"... these two words mean much the
> same thing, but "change" is probably much easier to localise :)  Suggest
> just saying "it is possible to change".
> 
> - "Custom" type... what happens if I select this?  Where do I get the
> chance to specify what type of connection I *do* have?  Shouldn't there
> be some page or control in the druid that lets me do this?  Also,
> "Other" is perhaps a slightly more accurate word than "Custom" for a
> network connection.
> 
> Page 4/6:
> 
> - "You can also choose to use a Quicknet device"... what's that?  How
> does a user know they've got one?  How do I choose one if I have it?  If
> I don't have to do anything special, there probably isn't any point in
> mentioning it, and if I do it should say what I need to do :)
> 
> - "Some webcam models have an internal microphone that can be used with
> GnomeMeeting".  So what do I need to do to set up one of those?  How is
> it different from setting up any other sort of microphone?  Again, if
> it's the same, I'm not sure there's any point in mentioning it.  Nobody
> reads that part of the screen anyway :)
> 
> - Suggest just "Player" and "Recorder" rather than "Audio Player" and
> "Audio Recorder".  The "Audio" is kind of redundant given the name of
> the frame.
> 
> - Click here to test your audio devices:"... couldn't you just lose this
> label and write "Test Audio" on the button?
> 
> 
> Page 5/6:
> 
> - "Test Video" is probably better than "Video Test"; buttons should
> generally have verbs on them.
> 
> - What is that progress indicator-looking thing for?  :)  (I assume it's
> something to do with the video test...)
> 
> Page 6/6:
> 
> - "Done!"  Exclamation marks usually look a bit unprofessional :) 
> "Finished" or "Configuration Complete" might be better...
> 
> - "Changes Summary" should perhaps be "Configuration Summary"?  After
> all, if this is the first time you've set up GnomeMeeting, you haven't
> really 'changed' anything.

i'll start working on the Druid part

Fabrice

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ALPHONSO Fabrice <fabrice alphonso dyndns org>

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