Re: [Usability] [RFC] Gnumeric Cell Format dialog simplification approach

[Dave Malcolm <david davemalcolm demon co uk>]

On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 17:29, Christian Neumair wrote:
> Hi folks!
> I'm currently trying to rework part of Gnumeric's user interface of CVS
> HEAD. Jody and I couldn't find a consensus on whether to use
> GtkRadioButtons or GtkComboBoxes for cell alignment formatting.
> 
> Jody's point of view (as far as I know, I may have missed arguments):
> The radio button layout represents the real cell (left - center -
> right).
> 
> My point of view:
> Less visible elements means less clutter, mnemonic translation currently
> is a PITA, cell formatting isn't represented anyway (general - fill -
> justify).
> 
> Please take a look both attached screenshots and decide on your own, we
> have working code for both approaches. Maybe your idea is completely new
> and we both have sucky proposals, but - heh - we have usability
> gurus :).

If you go with the combo box approach, perhaps the options should have
icons as well as text?

>  
> Thanks for your judgement and efforts!
> regs,
> Chris