Re: A matter of principle [Re: HIGification of dialog boxes]

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Krzysztof Foltman wrote:

> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 18:42:34 +0200
> From: Krzysztof Foltman <kfoltman@portal.onet.pl>
> Reply-To: dia-list@gnome.org
> To: dia-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: A matter of principle [Re: HIGification of dialog boxes]
>
> Alan Horkan wrote:
>
> > There are far too many developers who willfully exclude users with crap
> > hardware. With more and more handhelds, laptops and tablets coming along
> > it is totally reckless to exclude yourself from these potential users.
>
> As for handhelds, I'd vote for a special low-resolution screen
> scaled-down version of Dia (or any other app), not for optimizing Dia
> for low resolutions (which only benefits a minority of handheld users at

My point is that Dia works on smaller screens and I hope that
will continue.
The developers of Dia generally do a good job of Keep it Simple (KISS).

> cost of desktop users' convenience). Running a desktop app on a handheld


> Anyway, my rambling aside, it would be nice to have some alternatives
> for CSDI and the "main menu as a popup triggered by one mouse button and
> another menu as context menu triggered by another mouse button" horror.

> As for Try (vs Apply)- it suggests (more clearly than Apply) that it's a
> temporary choice you can revert by clicking Cancel.

Try may be clearer in theory, but in practice people are used to Apply and
changing from Apply->Try is hardly worth the effort.

> >     Instant apply with Revert/Undo button, maybe ? (I don't know if it's
> >     kosher HIG-wise, but it may be nice/useful)
>
>     You would use the application Undo stack.
>
> I *wouldn't*. Undo button in the default line width dialog box shouldn't

I dont think having an undo/revert button in a dialog is a good idea, and
I'll leave it at that.

- Alan