Re: [Usability] RFP: File chooser user interface

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 14:44, Alan Horkan wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> >
> > Any kind of arbitrary widget, hmm?  What is the use case of this besides
> > a read only checkbox?  If there's just a few such things that we except
> 
> Thumbnail preview of file, Image/Video/Sound anything really (although
> they are not necessarily wise choices like in the case of full but small
> sound/video playback some developers make them anyway)

Right, preview (thumbnail) is already accounted for, I thought.  So that
one doesn't need to be worried about in this particular case, since it
will already have to be taken into consideration when designing the UI.

> 
> Also see my previous mail which mentions an Options button which I would
> hope would suggest a cleaner solution for many of those who would add ugly
> custom widgets.

If we can define options to a certain kind of widget, it could help. 
I.e, if these are always checkboxes and/or select/dropdowns, it narrows
things down a lot in terms of laying stuff out for good aesthetics.  We
don't have to code any kind of real limit in, just figure out which
widgets are common, and make the design fit that.

We need a list of such things tho, not just let UI designers make mad
guesses.  ^,^

> 
> - Alan H.
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Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>
AwesomePlay Productions, Inc.