[Specto-devel] Re: mockup/prototype of the notifier window contents

[Conor C. <maj...@gm...>]

Now it's on the mailing list :D but no attachment.

OK, I like it! It looks *exactly* like the original mock-ups, which is
awesome.

majikstreet
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 22:20 -0500, Kiddo wrote:
> I fiddled with glade tonight, trying to figure out how we could
> present the updates in a nice and efficient way in the specto notifier
> window. Please see the attached .glade file.
> 
> There are a gazillion different ways we could do this (tree view
> a-la-gaim-buddy-list, classic columns view, beagle-like view, a mix of
> it all, or the current mockup I attached). I decided to use tables
> with buttons, labels and images. There are a few reasons:
> - I think a table should be pretty workable. Maybe easier than a
> treeView widget, but I'm not sure.
> - the interface feels cleaner, but that's very subjective
> - we do not "truly" need a columns view, because there is a menu: view > sorting
> 
> There are a few problems:
> - text alignment
> - left click & right click issues? possible actions: select watch,
> open watch target, open a menu
> 
> Now, I understand that I might be very very wrong on it all. And if
> you have some creative ideas for the user interface, I'd be very
> interested to hear them :) any comments/suggestions on the current
> mockup would be appreciated too. It's in no way a final gui.
> 
> Note: this mail was not sent through the mailing list because of the attachment.
> Jeff
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