On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 16:17 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote: > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 20:54 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 15:52 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote: > > > +-------------------------------------------+ > > > | | > > > | Setting: [Power Adapter / Battery Power] | <--- visible only if > > > | _________________ | the system have > > > | | Sleep | Options | | batteries. For > > > | +---------------------------------------+ + desktop systems it > > > | | | | is not visible > > > | | (stuff goes here) | | > > > | | | | > > > | +---------------------------------------+ | > > > | | > > > | [X] Display icon in notification area | > > > | | > > > | [Close] | > > > +-------------------------------------------+ > > > > I knocked up, a quick demo glade file. It's shite, please don't think > > it's the final version. Is this the sort of thing you meant? Is this > > better or worse? > > > > Comments everyone? Thanks. > > Looking better. Quick details on wording and UI layout > > o In the settings dialog > s/Mains/On Power Adapter/ > s/Batter Power/On Battery Power/ > Remove UPS option since it doesn't make sense here Okay. > o Add UPS tab with simplistic options (see the XvsXP page) Okay. > o Use a sliders for selecting timeout, not a combo box. Good plan. > o Remove Wireless mice options, clearly the user want a warning > when the battery is low, why the heck wouldn't he? Hence, we > don't need any icon. Also, we don't want icons for wireless mice, > that's IMHO crack (it should resemble notibat) I would say it's okay (but I'm a student...) but I agree the notification area is precious space. I'll agree with you on that ground. > o Move "Hard Drives spin down" to "sleep tab" and use the wording > "put hard disks to sleep" (users don't grasp term "spin down") Okay. > o Delete LCD Panel in "Options" tab, but add a "Put display to > sleep after" slider in the "Sleep" tab. Further, there is no > reliable way to set LCD panel brightness so don't include this > option There will be soon, remember SetLCDBrightness() as a HAL method :-) Maybe this is the task for a (separate?) applet in the future? > o I don't know what a "quick change icon" is but it sounds like > something we don't need :-) - to reiterate, we need at maximum one, > and only one, icon in the notification area (much like notibat) An icon to change the LCD brightness. Clutter, okay, I admit it. > o Remove contents of "Buttons" tab to "Options" tab Okay. > I think it's important when designing UI like this to remember who you > are designing for - which for GNOME is non-technical users. Yup, agree, I want to get the UI just right first as that sort-of designs the underlying architecture behind the events. Thanks for your help. I've attached the new glade file for your perusal. Comments most welcome. Thanks, Richard.
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