Re: [orca-list] Orca preferences dialog redesign

[Krishnakant mane <krmane gmail com>]

+1 for calling it "speak shortcut keys"
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 07:28:22AM +0200, Hammer Attila wrote:
> 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
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