Re: [Usability] Request for feedback: Alarm Clock UI

["Johannes H. Jensen" <joh pseudoberries com>]

Thank you so much Allan!

I've done a quick review of your suggestions and will respond with
more detailed thoughts as soon as possible :-)

I'm a bit unsure about using a popup menu as the list of alarms
though. Traditionally a menu item can only be clicked to activate one
action, not multiple as your mockup suggests (snooze, dismiss and
delete). I'm not sure this is even technically possible in GTK+...
They could appear in submenus, but that's not as elegant. It might be
possible to display some sort of popup-window with a custom list
though...

Another reason I'm reluctant is that I've kinda already implemented a
version of the alarm list window[1] mentioned in the BetterUI wiki
page[2] :-P What do you think of using a window instead of a popup
menu?

Best regards,

Johannes H. Jensen

[1] http://live.gnome.org/AlarmClock/Blueprints/BetterUI?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=list-alarms6.png
[2] http://live.gnome.org/AlarmClock/Blueprints/BetterUI


On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Allan Day <allanpday gmail com> wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
>
> I've done a quick review of your applet and made some design
> recommendations. I hope this is useful to you. :) You can find the
> material on the wiki [1]. There's some mockups on there, for those who
> might be interested.
>
> To summarise, I'm recommending that you utilise a popup menu like you
> have already suggested, and that that menu should be accessible through
> the left mouse button. I'm also suggesting that you streamline some of
> your other dialogs.
>
> Best,
>
> Allan
>
> [1] http://live.gnome.org/AlarmClock/Blueprints/BetterUI/More
>
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