Re: [orca-list] Orca preferences dialog redesign

[Hammer Attila <hammera pickup hu>]

Hy Rob,

Speak object mnemonics checkbox saying you actual object shortcut keys 
(mnemonic key for example a menu) automaticaly.
Simple need renaming this check box label with speak shortcut keys 
automaticaly, or speak shortcut keys check box label.
I have got an another ydea with redesigning related, but need more work 
investigating with longer time period:
Personaly, I like the now used method with Orca preferences dialog, but 
some time possible following design is simplest:
Now, If Orca main window presenting the screen, presenting the four 
buttons, preferences, quit, about and help button. Why not put the 
awailable preferences page tabs a preferences submenu? If an user want 
only changing keybindings related preferences, not need activate Orca 
preferences dialog, going six page tabs, doing the modifications and 
click ok button.
Look the menue style Orca main window design, not full clear yet the 
specification, I very hesitate this design good or not, because I 
already like now used design:
- Preferences main menu: this menu possible containing Orca preferences 
dialog page tabs named menu items (general preferences..., voice 
preferences..., speech preferences..., braille preferences..., key echo 
preferences..., key bindings preferences..., pronunciation 
preferences..., text attributes preferences.
Each openeg small preference dialog part only need add a radio button 
with possible toggling you want change each preferences with application 
independent, or an application only.
I only not known how can possible handling application related special 
pages for example with Firefox, Thunderbird, Etc.
- Profiles: This main menu containing profile related settings. Save 
profile saves the actual setted preferences with a profile, other menu 
items load an existing profile automaticaly.
Startup profile submenu possible containing awailable profiles with 
check menu item menu type, so easy to change any Orca profile to startup 
profile with next Orca start. A possible nice feature if an Orca 
changing startup profile, perhaps need reloading actual selected startup 
profile?
- Help menu: This menu containing a help menu item with possible 
associate with F1 key accelerator, and an about button to present Orca 
main window.
Ok, but we what doing with Orca main window presenting or not presenting 
setting? Possible associate a hot key to always activate Orca main 
window, similar with NVDA with Insert+N??
And we what place put for example a quit menu item? Quit menu item is 
not fit the preferences main menu, or other main menu.
So, I full agree if more users like the now used page tab style 
preferences dialog, because possible doing all preference customizations 
with one dialog, this is the big adwantage the now using method.

Attila