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

[Christian Neumair <chris gnome-de org>]

On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 20:17 +0000, Dave Malcolm wrote:

> 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?

Could you please be more specific on that? What kind of icons would you
like to see inside this combobox? How should they look like?

regs,
 Chris

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