[Opentracker-develop]Re: Nightly build tarball not up-to-date

[Simon T. <sim...@ga...>]

Hey Axel,

>> I've never seen any other app that uses this method - click and
>> hold to do something. I don't know how it's implemented (a
> 
> Oh, okay, go to your desktop, and hold the left mouse button for a 
> while and see what will happen. Also, this is the standard way to get a 
> context menu under MacOS X (besides pressing Ctrl while clicking the 
> one and lonely mouse button).

Yes, OK. However that is just a secondary way of accessing a
context menu. If holding left triggers the calendary, so should
simple click right I think.
 
>> deskbar replicant?), but I think the volume control in the
>> deskbar is a good example - it appears as soon as you click on
>> it, and disappears as soon as you release the mouse button. It's
>> not at all intrusive IMHO - I can't see any reason you would
>> click on it unless you wanted to change the volume.
>> 
>> If the main reason for this addition is to see for example, what
>> date it is next friday, I dont see why any more is needed -
>> click and hold, look at the date, let go.
> 
> Ahem, are you contradicting yourself or can I just not follow you? Are 
> you arguing against or for the way this feature is implemented?
> When you click on the time, the Deskbar will make the date visible for 
> a few seconds.

That's why I said I didn't know how it was implemented - now i
see it is accessed from the Time/Date view on the deskbar. I
thought you might have a seperate replicant (with a calendar
icon on it), in which case I thoght that a single click should
instantly cause the calendar to appear for the duration the
mouse button is held down.

>Sure, I could also introduce a modifier key (which is 
> probably a good idea), but I think keeping the button pressed for a 
> little longer to get that calendar is an almost natural extension - 
> even if you'll probably need some time to find it.

Yes that seems sensible.

Would this also work the other way round? If deskbar is
currently displaying date, you click it and it switches to time,
hold button for a bit longer and calendar pops up?

>> One of
>> the most annoying things on R5 for me is the fact that fonts <
>> 11 pts don't render bold any differently to roman.
> 
> Luckily, that's not the case in Dano/Zeta, nor will it be in Haiku. BTW 
> a good work-around to that problem is to buy a monitor with greater 
> resolution ;-)

Running 1024x768, but still with 10pt default, not sure why :)

> Bye,
>    Axel.

Simon
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