Re: [Usability] Gome is Too BIG..

[Jelle de Jong <jelledejong powercraft nl>]

Dokuro wrote:
> hello everyone,
> it has been a while now and it seems that Gnome has everything over
> sized buttons, spaces, fonts, i can't put mi finger on it but on a
> 800x600 screen everything is always so big... i reduced the font size
> from 10 to 8, it fixed things a little but almost all programs occupy
> the hole screen without being maxed, seems to be a regular problem in
> gnome applications where the windows can't be too small, could this be
> part of the HIG specifications or some ppl making bad interfaces...(i
> would not know since i have not read it...)
>
> Dario Soto

Just to add some points, to this email.

My first post was related to this issue. What I like to see is a fast 
introduction to the GNOME HIG and freedesktop.org for guidelines for 
maximal window dialogues size and minimal user control specs.

Example: (please add your own idea's)

Al windows must be able to maximize unless they are smaller than then ..x..
The minimal pop-up/creation size of the window should be ..x..
The size of the window must be adjustable to a minimum of ..x..

When the vertical contains of the window is to large to fit the users 
window a vertical scrollbar should appear.

When the horizontal contains of the window is to large to fit the users 
window horizontal shift tabs can be used and other smart GUI designs, 
the use of a horizontal scrollbar should be reserved as last measurement.

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It would be nice to have a good supported specification document, so 
users can file bugs against programs and refer to the specification 
document and include a patch to fix, that have much greater change to be 
accepted.

The fact that some themes are to large can be solved to some extent with 
the creation of a new GTk them. Sadly most dialogues sizes are hard 
coded and can not yet be controlled by users.

Hope this gives some extra discussing,

Kind regards,

Jelle