On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 20:30 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: > Hey Richard (neighbour[1]), > > On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 18:44 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote: > > Now I know GNOME Power Manager is new, but I want your input on the > > Human Interface Guideline stuff... - I've attached some screenshots of a > > quick glade file DavidZ and myself have been talking about. > > > > It's a redesign of the old preferences program: > > http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/gpp.php#screenshots > > Here goes: > > http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-server.png > - Remove GNOME from the dialog title, it has no use. Done. > - The lightbulb bit has a typo, and it isn't necessary, as the dialog > title says it's preferences for power, and the tab is computer. Done. > http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-laptop.png > - "Mains" is British English. The default language for GNOME software > (to my displeasure :) is American English Okay. > - What's the difference between hibernate and "soft suspend"? And "soft > suspend is a bit technospeak. Hibernate is suspend to disk. Suspend is suspend to RAM. Maybe I should just put those... > http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-ups.png > - Lightbulb not necessary as well. If the user has a UPS, they probably > know what it's for. Point taken. > http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-batteries.png > - Are there secondary batteries? How do I tell them apart from primary > batteries? Primary is laptop, secondary is mouse, but the distinction isn't important anymore as less options are presented to the user. > - "Display icon..." is probably not what you want. How about "Display > icon only when power is low", meaning that the battery icon would always > be shown if unticked? > - When does power fail for a battery? It's probably too late to do > anything if it's empty. My bad wording. Power fail is meant to be where the ac power fails and the battery starts discharging. I'll make it more clear. > http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-display.png > - LCD probably isn't the right thing to use, and some machines can > control the brightness of a CRT in software (my old iMac could for > example). Sure, didn't know that. LCD brightness isn't in HAL yet, so I'll leave this option out for now. > - How does that integrate with screensaver preferences? Should the > screensaver preferences be there as well? Should it choose to have no > screensaver when running on battery? We need to work out where the screensaver/power split is made. I'm in two minds about this one. > http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-buttons.png > - What's a lid button? > - Why aren't the power and sleep buttons setup in the keyboard > preferences? Lid button is when you close a lid. Power and Sleep buttons are the physical buttons on the front of your computer, > http://gnome-power.sourceforge.net/images/gpp-wireless.png > - When wouldn't you want to know when the power is low on your > mouse/keyboard/PDA? Point. > - Why would you display an icon all the time? > (I think this whole tab can go, not displaying the power icon unless > power is low, and showing a warning when it becomes low) > > Great work on getting the power stuff integrated. > > Cheers > > [1]: Unrelated, but I live just by the Uni of Surrey where I think > you're studying, right? Yes, I grew up in Onslow Village. I return to Guildford next year to continue my degree. Wow. The third person from Guildford developing GNOME. It's a small world. Thanks for your comments, most appreciated. I've included the mockup UI that I'm working on as a result of all these comments from people. Comments are most welcome :-) Thanks again, Richard.
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