Re: [Usability] Request for interface mockup

[Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert ximian com>]

On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 14:26 +0000, Calum Benson wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 16:50, Calum Benson wrote:
> 
> > If you wanted to do it the Properties way anyway, the "Image Size" > dialogs in something like GIMP or Photoshop might give you some > ideas.  You'd probably want four text fields 
> 
> Actually, on mature reflection, a simple scale up/down slider would be
> a lot simpler, and probably quite sufficient.  I'd guess more often
> than not people just want to make the icon bigger or smaller while
> maintaining its existing proportions (with the possible exception of
> text file icons), and the actual pixel sizes are unlikely to be of 
> much interest.

(Hrm. Looks like I am subscribed on @ximian.com address and my
@novell.com reply to another message bounced. Duh, time to go through
all of the lists I guess.. :-P)

Anyway, I replied to Raphael, but I realized I didnt cc the mailing list
at all, duh. I proposed just the same kind of an ui:

http://primates.ximian.com/~tigert/stuff/iconsizeproperties.png

But basically, to explain that:

        This is my quick idea, feel free to mail me back if you have
        more questions or comments. One would adjust the icon size with
        the slider. The big question is: should that icon on the dialog
        itself change size when stretched? How big? It would resize the
        window, which might be cumbersome (because the position of the
        slider would move on the screen as well) - so I am inclined to
        think it shouldnt change the size there - at least not until you
        let go of the slider after the adjustment. Perhaps not at all.
        
              * The checkbox should show "..on Desktop" when the file is
                on the Desktop, and "Make all icons on my folders this
                size" when the file is in a regular folder - so Desktop
                icons can be different size compared to icons in
                "regular folders". I might even leave out the pixel size
                label, it might be even cleaner looking with just the
                slider - could have a tooltip if we insist having the
                pixel size information present.
        
        By the way, you might notice I also changed the date
        representation to be more in line with "human language" - see my
        blog
        (http://tigert.gimp.org/log/archives/2004/11/29/date-revisited-new-thoughts/) about my thoughts about this - in my opinion this should be a gnome-wide facility for applications to use.

And I do think the pixel value label on the slider is not needed at all,
just unnecessary clutter.

//Tuomas

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Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert ximian com>