Re: [Nautilus-list] unification
- From: Josh Steiner <joschi eds org>
- To: Jamin Philip Gray <jgray writeme com>
- Cc: David Moles <david moles vykor com>, nautilus-list lists eazel com, galeon-devel lists sourceforge net
- Subject: Re: [Nautilus-list] unification
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:17:24 -0800 (PST)
i think the whole shifting ui thing needs some careful test case studies,
it is a bit wierd, i havn't made up my mind if i think it is crackrock or
not yet... does anyone (perhaps some of you sun or x-eazel folks) know if
there have been usability studies done on this?
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Jamin Philip Gray wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, David Moles wrote:
>
> > So do the menu bars, toolbars, etc. all suddenly change when you
> > type a web address in? As a user, I'd be freaked out. It seems to
> > me like it would kind of miss the point of having my file manager
> > also do web browsing. (Maybe this needs to be on the usability
> > mailing list?)
>
> The galeon web view is very young and doesn't do much yet...certainly
> doesn't start changing tool bars. It's an interesting point for
> discussion, but I don't think toolbars changing freaks out users.
> IE/Explorer, MS Office are all examples like this. If you go to a web
> address in windows explorer, suddently you're in IE. It just works.
> If you're in Word, and click on an embedded spreadsheet, suddenly you're
> viewing the Excel editing controls. Personally I think that's beatiful
> because it just works.
>
> -jamin
>
> >
> > On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 14:09, Jamin Philip Gray wrote:
> > >
> > > I think the right way to accomplish this is through the use of components.
> > > So if you're in nautilus and you type a web address in and go to it,
> > > suddenly you're in "galeon". Having a consistent set of toolbar themes
> > > would also be nice. There's already a galeon web view for nautilus that is
> > > being worked on, which is a great start.
> > >
> > > -jamin
> >
> >
>
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> mind of someone else who lost his. Mine was never all that great as I
> remember.
>
> --Jamin Gray
>
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