I love those mockups. I can see large sheets being hard to have fit, but that may be something to be resolved in the layout of the sheet. On May 18, 2011 1:14 AM, "Thorsten Wilms" <t...@freenet.de> wrote: > On 05/18/2011 02:32 AM, Felix Lawrence wrote: > >> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/05/os-xgnome-3-style-dialog-sheets-coming-to-ubuntu-11-10/ > >> Firstly, Ubuntu's dialog sheets should be draggable inside their >> parent window. The sheet could even be dragged to be mostly outside >> the parent window, with only a small region of overlap. The sheet >> would not be able to be dragged completely outside the parent window >> - it must at least partially overlap its parent at all times. This >> allows the user to see/select any text in the parent window, while >> the sheet is still 'stuck' to the parent window. > > The only sane reason I see for wanting to move the sheet is to get a > better view of the application window (usually the content area, > specifically). That desire should only come up if you need a second look > to decide on something to be carried out via the dialog. > > But why obstruct the content area in the first place? A movable sheet > would be better than a fixed one, but it adds to the window management > hassle. These thoughts led me to create the following mockups (in 2007, > explaining that brutal GNOME look): > http://thorwil.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/save_changes_01_i.png > http://thorwil.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/save_changes_02_i.png > > The window should be resized to make room for the embedded dialog. If > the window already fills the screen, the content area would have to > shrink (and zoom out). After being told the resizing would be too hard > to make happen, I made: > http://thorwil.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/save_changes_03_i.png > > > BTW, I think dialogs should not have window close buttons, because it is > not obvious if those are equal to Cancel or not. Also, providing several > means of doing the same thing can slow users down because of requiring a > decision. > > One could even consider to style the bottom area of a dialog like a > title bar, as the most common commands there will Close the window. > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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