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 -- ALPHONSO Fabrice <fabrice alphonso dyndns org>
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