Re: [Usability]Re: HIGfing the properties windows

[John F Dixon Iv <John Dixon ndsu nodak edu>]

Luca Ferretti wrote:

> Il lun, 2003-02-17 alle 11:42, Luca Ferretti ha scritto:
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> > I can try to rearrange some spacing/allignment stuff in the properties
> > window.
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> I made a glade plausible final version.
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> There are some widget rearrangements in 'Basic' and 'Permissions' tabs.
> Can anybody review a bit before I implement it?
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> Thanks.
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If the purpose of this re-implementation is to bring the properties 
window into HIG compliance, then this looks pretty good. In my opinion 
if someone is going to bother to re-implement this, then i think a 
critical re-examining of the UI is prudent.

I think that there are some UI issues with the old window that could be 
improved before it is implemented again. I will give some suggestions 
just as food for thought.

In the "Basic" tab I think that the Icon for the file should be a button 
that you click to change the icon just like you do with launchers 
properties.

The Emblems tab looks pretty good.

The permissions tab has a lot of superfluous information (in my 
opinion). Is it necessary to show the Text view and Number view of the 
permissions? I am just not sure what the value of showing this 
information is.  Second, what information does the "Last changed" show? 
I have been using gnome and linux for a long time and i have no idea 
what this means! Is it the last time the file permissions where changed? 
Why is that valuable? I am not trying to be overly critical, i sincerely 
would like to know.

I am not sure about the value of the Notes tab. Do people use this? Why 
is it there?

Finally, perhaps there should be a tab to handle file associations built 
into the properties?

Like i said, this is just food for thought.

john