Re: [Usability] Standard GUI recipes
- From: Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>
- To: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>
- Cc: Gnome usability <usability gnome org>
- Subject: Re: [Usability] Standard GUI recipes
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:50:51 +0100
On 12 Jul 2006, at 13:54, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
Here's a few examples of things that would benefit from consistent
design:
* library with folders, smart folders, and/or tags
* simple boolean filter, as in this case ("all of the following"/
"any of the following")
* nested boolean filter (and here's one I prepared (much) earlier:
<http://groups.google.com/group/netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news/
browse_thread/thread/634552115f0a8906/
3720f15f2d8d80a1#3720f15f2d8d80a1>)
* progress windows (currently a mess in Gnome)
* panel applets (is it a button, a menu, or two menus? surprise me!)
* In-window text entry errors ("You must enter your name") and
warnings ("Choose a longer passphrase for better security")
* zoom controls (slider or buttons or menu?)
These are things the HIG currently doesn't cover because they're more
than one control, but (with the exception of progress windows) less
than an entire window.
I've had definite plans to work on something like this for a while,
as part of (or supplemental to) a HIG revamp, and indeed I started
writing a mini-list of my own likely candidates here:
http://live.gnome.org/HumanInterfaceGuidelines?action=show&redirect=HIG
Feel free to add your own :)
Cheeri,
Calum.
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