-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Conscious User wrote on 08/10/10 12:30: >... > Seeing how indicator-datetime shows the full date and > seeing how new independent projects like this > > http://blog.rtg.in.ua/2010/10/have-you-seen-my-weather-applet.html > > specifically this screenshot: > > http://ubuntuone.com/p/J4U/ > > handle information display, I can't help but thinking how > using insensitive menu items for displaying information > looks and feels wrong. Even *sensitive* menu items used > for this purpose feel wrong. Look at the power indicator: > what does the user expect to happen when clicking on the > battery status item? I don't think it's obvious.
Good point. I think it'll be a bit more obvious if we make the time remaining shorter and in brackets, like it was originally -- because then the main text will clearly be "Laptop battery", "Mouse battery", etc, more understandably leading to more detailed information about those things. > Also, > look at the sound indicator: when Rhythmbox is playing, > it has two clickable entries, one with the Rhythmbox name > and other with the track info. Both have the same effect, > and the second looks like it's clickable just for the > sake of being clickable. >... They don't have the same effect. The Rhythmbox item focuses Rhythmbox. The track data item copies the track data to the clipboard. Eventually, I think the insensitive date item should become a sensitive item that opens today's date in your preferred calendar application. So there's a vague pattern: selecting an informational item should display more detail about that information. Probably we'll get a clearer idea about this as we exercise the menus more (e.g. finish indicator-network). - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyvHK4ACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecpZhwCcDJ2f9CtwhzZXLud70eoHCmPe Y00AnRVtq4pvbuo9oHNdB4AaZprr0ckK =6vGZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
