[Usability] Re: gparted usability

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

Hope you dont mind but I've forwarded your message to the usability
mailing list

On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, B.Hakvoort wrote:

> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:20:06 +0100
> From: B.Hakvoort <bart hakvoort be>
> To: david sipsolutions net, kyle kbrooks ath cx, horkana maths tcd ie
> Subject: gparted usability
>
> Hi,
>
> Recently someone pointed me to a discussion about gparted usability
> ( http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2006-February/msg00026.html )

I expected that might happen eventually, thanks for your interest.

> I skimmed trough it and a lot of 'reviewing' is done based on outdated
> screenshots.

I'm pretty sure I included some kind of disclaimer and made it clear my
"review" was intentionally superficial.  I would usually check bugzilla
and file a few reports if I was using the software myself too.  (And I
definately mentioned how I prefer to find existing ideas which seem to
work well and embrace and extend them.)

Any chance you could provide more recent screenshots?

I'll try building GParted from CVS soon (recent tarballs are easier for
me, pervesely pre-packaged binaries aren't).

> Also, the latest releases fix most of the things you guys
> mentioned (stockicons, menuitems) and the 'apply' button has been there
> from the beginning. :)
>
> As the author and maintainer of gparted i'm very open to usability
> advice, so maybe we can pick up this discussion again?
>
> If needed i can subsribe to the list.

I'd appreciate if you could do that although it is not essential.  There
is the option to subscribe and then turn of delivery of messages if you
like but in the meantime I have preapproved your email address so your
posts will not be blocked in the moderation queue (but lists users will
need to CC you).

> grtz,
>
> plors

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/