Re: [Usability]ui-review checklist

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 02:40:31PM +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 17:37, Gregory Merchan wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:47:53PM +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > > So we can make a short UI Review checklist, lets fill up this thread
> > > with common things that people find during UI Review of GNOME
> > > applications, ideally with links into the relevant parts of the HIG:
> > > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/
> > > 
> > > Here's one to start with:
> > > 
> > > Alert button order and names:
> > > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/windows.html#alert-button-order
> > 
> > Here are two things to look out for:
> > 
> >   1) "Close" should never be alert button.
> >   2) Neither "Yes" nor "No" should ever be seen; most of these have been
> >      eliminated, afaik. However, I've seen a few which are of this form:
> >                                            [ Don't Foo ] [   Foo   ]
> >      Alerts of that form are not HIG compliant either. The buttons and 
> >      probably the alert text need to be corrected. The correction may be to
> >      remove the alert and hand the problem another way.
> 
> That's the same as "alert button order and names" above.

I'm just calling attention to two errors that I've heard of or seen often.


> > > I see "Frameless/bold HIG stuff" often in the current ui-review bugs but
> > > I don't know what part of the HIG it refers to.
> > 
> > These two:
> >   http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/controls.html#controls-frames
> 
> It looks like we need a GtkFrame bug to change the default.

We have one calling for a new widget:
  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96374


> >   http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/layout.html#window-layout-spacing
> > But please see:
> >   http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2002-December/msg00100.html
> 
> I don't understand the reference to "label only containing 4 spaces".
> Where does the HIG recommend this?

It's in "Technical Details for Proper Layout":

    o In the left column, place a label containing four space characters.
      This will serve to indent the category contents.


> Also, I don't see any accessibility problem - the frame is still there.

As you'll see in the same section, the GtkFrame isn't. At the moment, the
HIG recommends a lousy kluge.


Cheers,
Greg Merchan