From: Ken H. <ke...@ha...> - 2007-05-11 22:54:18
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Do people out there actually use Picky? Picky is stable at 0.4.5, but the development version is stuck and unfinished at 0.5.1. The author 'Rds' seems to have left us. I've made various small changes over the past 3 years which are in the attached patch. * Added ability to set the window background color for when the image is smaller than the window. I like to have a dark grey as many other image/photo viewers do * Fixed the image loading so that the window updates immediately when multiple files are dropped on it. In 0.4.5 this only works if a directory was dropped. * Various other little things which I honestly can't remember why I changed them :) If people show some interest I may revive this sucker and make a more official update. Comments/Suggestions? Ken |
From: Lasse P. <hou...@gm...> - 2007-05-12 08:53:42
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> Comments/Suggestions? I am very much interested in improvements for Picky. I used to use it in the past, but there was a memory leak or so, that made it crash after viewing a couple of dozen files. I cannot say if it's still like that. I am willing to try it out! -- http://hentaibreaks.de/ http://nrrd.de/ |
From: Lennon C. <mag...@gm...> - 2007-05-13 23:31:04
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Ken Hayber <ke...@ha...> wrote: > Do people out there actually use Picky? /me raises hand > * Added ability to set the window background color for when the image > is smaller than the window. I like to have a dark grey as many other=20 > image/photo viewers do Something in me really thinks that this belongs in the GTK theme, since it makes sense to share the setting between image viewers, and possibly other apps as well (if it is semantically a secondary background colour (does GTK have this already?), then - for example - ROX's drop-load boxes could use it to stand out from the surrounding window). =20 > Comments/Suggestions? I think the preferences box could be a bit better. Having question marks at the end of labels is a convention that isn't used anywhere else, the tooltip and label for 'follow directories in directories' seem a little convoluted, and the 'first image loaded' option in the menu may be redundant with the checkbox immediately above it (although I haven't looked in detail into what they do). If I get some spare time in the next couple of days, I will try to come up with some concrete improvements. --=20 Lennon Victor Cook "He who receives an idea from me receives without lessening, as he who lights his candle at mine receives light without darkening" -- Thomas Jefferson |
From: Ken H. <ke...@ha...> - 2007-05-15 13:48:03
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Lennon Cook wrote: > Ken Hayber <ke...@ha...> wrote: >> Do people out there actually use Picky? > /me raises hand OK, that makes 3 of us :) So I created a project at http://code.google.com/p/picky-image-viewer/ and put both 0.4.5 and my patches there to start. >> * Added ability to set the window background color for when the image >> is smaller than the window. I like to have a dark grey as many other >> image/photo viewers do > Something in me really thinks that this belongs in the GTK theme, > since it makes sense to share the setting between image viewers, and > possibly other apps as well (if it is semantically a secondary > background colour (does GTK have this already?), then - for example - > ROX's drop-load boxes could use it to stand out from the surrounding > window). Well, not all Images need/want this. Only an image/photo viewer I think cares. I actually had to put a gtk.EventBox behind/around it to make it work. I tend to think whether to do this or not and what color is more personal choice and not so much related to the current theme. >> Comments/Suggestions? > I think the preferences box could be a bit better. Having question > marks at the end of labels is a convention that isn't used anywhere > else, the tooltip and label for 'follow directories in directories' > seem a little convoluted, and the 'first image loaded' option in the > menu may be redundant with the checkbox immediately above it (although > I haven't looked in detail into what they do). If I get some spare time > in the next couple of days, I will try to come up with some concrete > improvements. Yes. I'm thinking a set of radio buttons for the Image/Window scaling. None Fit Image to Window Fit Window to Image First Image only (a checkbox?) How about renaming 'directories in directories' as 'Open nested folders' instead? Yes, the tool-tip needs help. Also, it probably needs i18n support. |
From: Ken H. <ke...@ha...> - 2007-05-15 15:08:14
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Ken Hayber wrote: >>> Comments/Suggestions? >> I think the preferences box could be a bit better. Having question >> marks at the end of labels is a convention that isn't used anywhere >> else, the tooltip and label for 'follow directories in directories' >> seem a little convoluted, and the 'first image loaded' option in the >> menu may be redundant with the checkbox immediately above it (although >> I haven't looked in detail into what they do). If I get some spare time >> in the next couple of days, I will try to come up with some concrete >> improvements. > > Yes. I'm thinking a set of radio buttons for the Image/Window scaling. > None > Fit Image to Window > Fit Window to Image > First Image only (a checkbox?) > > How about renaming 'directories in directories' as 'Open nested folders' > instead? Yes, the tool-tip needs help. Like this? The 1st checkbox tooltip says: "Controls whether to only load the images in top-level directories or to descend into all nested folders." The 2nd checkbox would be nested under the last radio button (too bad this needs custom code to implement) and greyed out if that radio button was not selected. |