Re: [gtk-list] Re: Widget user interface comments

[KC5TJA <kc5tja topaz axisinternet com>]

On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Paul Duncan wrote:

> Yuck.  I hate forced delays; they feel like wWindoze.  Maybe we could
> overload one of the other buttons so it doesn't automatically scroll like
> crazy.

I have a better idea -- make it USER configurable.  Then the authors of
the widget(s) don't need to put up with 50% of the population not liking a
certain behavior, and a huge number of developers trying to write software
around GTK's already existing code.

Making stuff like this user configurable actually will prevent this sort
of code bloat.

> > When a menu is displayed, clicking on the title again should make it
> > disappear.
> Yes, Yes, Yes! As a former Mac user, this is one of the most infuriating
> GTK UI quirks for me.

Here's a suggestion for y'all...PIN-UP menus.  Dammit, I *hate* having to
constantly right click and move the mouse all over hell and creation just
to get at a frequently accessed menu item (GIMP is absolutely notorious
for this, and is why I am suggesting this).  I think pin-up menus would be
absolutely dandy to have.

> Again, I agree with you.  Radio buttons are a bit ambiguous right now.

And furthermore, radio buttons should be round, not diamonds.  This is one
of my pet peeves.

> > Personally I think the Mac look, with the left or down triangle and no
> > dotted lines looks much cleaner than the windows look implemented in
> > Gtk, with the + and - and the lines connecting everything. I think you
> I also like the mac look more, but what really impresses me is the
> keyboard commands on the mac side.  You can select a bunch of different
> tree items, the press Command-left arrow and all of those tree items will
> expand...  Very nice

Are you aware that you can substitute the + and - images with your own in
your own applications?  I seem to recall this being possible with GTK...
Regardless, this should be user configurable as well, as I personally
prefer + and -, as the Mac interface is horribly confusing to me... :)

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