Re: [Usability] GTK+ at the UX Hackfest

[Sven Herzberg <herzi gnome-de org>]

Am Montag, den 01.03.2010, 14:57 +0000 schrieb Bastien Nocera:
> Widgets
> -------
> 
> Having often used widgets in GTK+ means that we reduce differences in
> appearance and behaviour between applications and make applications
> easier to maintain.
> 
> If the APIs are carefully thought of, usability and design changes can
> be made without touching the applications.
> 
> A couple of widgets were mentioned:
> - a sidebar widget (which I never followed-up on):
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307044
> - a breadcrumb navigation widget (which could be used in nautilus, the
> file chooser and yelp, for example)
> No bugs filed, Cody will be working on filing a bug, and start
> discussions about the API soon
> - Segmented bar? It's used in Rhythmbox, Banshee, the Ubuntu installer
> and could probably be used in others
> There's a C version in Rhythmbox now:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558576
> - Others?

Application chooser widgets (dialog, button, menu). Just think of
firefox' way to choose applications (regular file chooser).

Regards,
  Sven