Re: Redesign of start screen

[Vincent P <vincent p trashmail gmail com>]

Hi.

I don't think one would need a gtk assistant it's "just" a matter of replacing welcom screen with

<panel>

 <text>You can compare...</text>

 <image> 

 <text>Paste text...</text>

 <checkbox> don't show again

 <button>got it

</panel>

there are only 2 interactive widgets:

 the "got it" button (that does nothing but go to the main)

 the checkbox that stores a property

it's far easier that current welcome screen and its 14 interactive widgets

<panel>

 <button>File Comparison</button>

 <button>Directory comparison</button>

 <button>File Comparison</button>

 <hidden panel>

  <file selector>

  <file selector> 

  <file selector>

  <checkbox>3 ways

 </hidden panel>

 <hidden panel>

  <dir selector>

  <dir selector> 

  <dir selector>

   <checkbox>3 ways

 </hidden panel>

 <hidden panel>

  version control

 </hidden panel>

 <button>Blank comparison</button>

 <button>Compare</button>

<panel>

Ok I cheat a bit, my mockup misses the 3ways comparison button (that I'd move to main screen)

But that is still 3 vs 14 

:)

Le mer. 15 avr. 2020 à 04:15, Kai <kai willadsen gmail com> a écrit :

On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 22:26, Vincent P <vincent p trashmail gmail com> wrote:

(I tried to put attachments to this message at first, but obviously this list doesn't support them.)

> My bad, sorry. I didn't see the filtered email in time.

I tried to upload a image too but the file limit is really really low (40k including text)

So I uploaded my proposition here

https://ibb.co/mbcBd2S

This is a total rewrite of my initial proposal  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789174

which was already 2,5 years old.

In fact my proposal for a start page is ... no start page at all :)

Just show the following screen whan user launch the app for the first time.

I think 

It's more informative for user

It will need less code

Just following up here to say that I agree that not having a New Comparison screen at all may be the best option, although it is a fair bit of work. There's more details on the Gitlab issue (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/-/issues/73).

How we deal with introducing users to such a workflow is a challenge. A GtkAssistant-style guide like you suggest is definitely an option. Ideally I think we could provide guidance in a more subtle, GNOME-y style, but I'm definitely concerned that things like the three pane expansion are going to be easily missed.

cheers,

Kai