Re: [Usability] gtk 2.3.2 file selector suggestions

[Daniel Borgmann <spark-mailinglists web de>]

On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 11:17 -0500, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> #1) the Add/Remove bookmarks buttons are in completely the wrong place. 
> It's not obvious at all that they have anything to do with the
> bookmarks, especially not that they're placed just next to the Up button
> (which is unrelated to bookmarks).  I suggested that the add/remove
> buttons be placed under the bookmarks list (the bottom of the buttons
> would be near the bottom edge of the file list).  Is this a good idea?

FFIW, I completely agree with this. I also think they would look even
better if they would be homogeneous. Earlier I modified TigerT's mockup
to show how this would look like (just imagine that there would be icons
in the buttons and ignore the rest of the dialog):
http://liebesgedichte.net/Temp/filesel-spark3-simple.png
Is that what you had in mind?

Other little details I'd like to suggest:
- Moving the Up button to the top right as on the mockup. Wouldn't this
make it more obvious that the icon acts on the file list?
- No relief for the Up button. I would count this as a toolbar icon and
toolbar icons should have no relief. :) Also it looks much better IMO.
- Using "Parent Folder" as the label. This has two advantages, first
it's more in line with the wording of the new spatial Nautilus ("Open
Parent Folder") and second it provides a larger click target. 

That's all. Of course I also agree with all your other points (though I
have no real opinion yet on #4), they don't seem very questionable to
me. :)


Daniel