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

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Thanks a lot for this contribution. I will add the patches to CVS today.


Le mer 25/12/2002 à 02:02, ALPHONSO Fabrice a écrit :
> Le mar 17/12/2002 à 17:21, Damien Sandras a écrit :
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > at least *one* people will help doing it.
> > 
> > Le mar 17/12/2002 à 13:25, ALPHONSO Fabrice a écrit :
> > 
> > > i'll start working on the Druid part
> > > 
> > > Fabrice
> Here is the status of the modifications asked by Damien:
> > A list of UI issues and their status.
> > --================================--
> >
> > Thanks to Calum @ Sun for creating this list
> >
> > All is marked with one of [NONE|INPROGRESS|FIXED|DONTFIX]
> >
> > 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...)
> >
> >   Comment: Druid is not so easy to translate and will often result in
> >   longer strings
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - 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.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - "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.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - "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".
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > 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
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - Suggest "Personal Information" rather than "Personal Data".
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - "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 :)
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - "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.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - 'Comment' field: what is this comment used for?  It's not clear just
> >   by looking at the dialog.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - '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 :)
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - 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).
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - 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...
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > Page 3/6:
> >
> > - Maybe suggest "Network Connection" rather than "Connection Type".
> > 
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - "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".
> >
> >  Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - "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.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > 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 :)
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[DONTFIX]
> 
> > - "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 :)
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[DONTFIX]
> 
> > - Suggest just "Player" and "Recorder" rather than "Audio Player" and
> >   "Audio Recorder".  The "Audio" is kind of redundant given the name 
> >   of the frame.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - Click here to test your audio devices:"... couldn't you just lose 
> >   this label and write "Test Audio" on the button?
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > Page 5/6:
> >
> > - "Test Video" is probably better than "Video Test"; buttons should
> >   generally have verbs on them.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - What is that progress indicator-looking thing for?  :)  (I assume 
> >   it's something to do with the video test...)
> >
> >  Status: [NONE]
> 	???
> 
> > Page 6/6:
> >
> > - "Done!"  Exclamation marks usually look a bit unprofessional :) 
> >   "Finished" or "Configuration Complete" might be better...
> >
> >  Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - "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.
> >
> >  Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > Main Window
> > -----------
> >
> > main_gui.jpg:
> >
> > - The spacing between the menu items looks unusually wide, have you
> >   inserted extra spaces here somehow?
> >
> >  Status: [NONE]
> 	???
> 
> > - The HIG still recommends against vertical toolbars, but I know we've
> >   talked about that before :)  Do these toolbar buttons have no labels
> >   even if the user switches on labels in the desktop Menus & Toolbars
> >   preferences dialog?  It's kind of bad if that's the case, there 
> >   should probably at least be some option somewhere that allows the
> >   user to have labels on the buttons.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[DONTFIX] !!!
> 
> > - Would be nice if the 'callto:' field had a label (with a mnemonic),
> >   like the location bar in most browsers, although I appreciate that 
> >   would eat up some space :/  Failing that, is there a keyboard 
> >   shortcut (Ctrl+L or something) that will give focus to it?
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[NONE]
> 
> > main_gui2.jpg:
> >
> > - "Send Message:" should probably be left-aligned with the text field,
> >   not right-aligned.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - Frame around Text Chat probably not really needed, a label would
> >   suffice I think.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > main_gui3.jpg:
> >
> > - Again, the frames on the statistics/audio/video tabs aren't really
> >   needed-- the tab itself frames the controls nicely enough, and 
> >   provides a label without having to repeat it here.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> 	[FIXED]
> 
> > - I hope it's possible to change the colours on the statistics graph, 
> >   to keep Bill and the accessibility team happy :)
> >
> >  Status: [NONE]
> 	[NONE]
> 
> > main_gui4.jpg:
> >
> > - Although they look cool, controls that only have graphics for labels
> >   could be a bit of an accessibility problem too... admittedly you can
> >   provide accessible descriptions for them in the code that a 
> >   screenreader can pick up, but that doesn't help you if your eyesight
> >   is poor but not bad enough to need a screenreader :)  You also can't
> >   assign mnemonics to graphical labels.  So I'd suggest adding textual
> >   labels to the audio and video settings controls as well if possible.
> >
> >   Status: [NONE]
> Don't know to what pic it is related to...so [NONE]
> though i guess it's about the video settings in control panel.
> 
> Fabrice
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Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>