Hi everybody, In gtk d-i, wouldn't it be better to use size to differentiate the "sections of text", instead of using diffent "shapes"(bold, italic, regular)?
Currently, all the text has the same size, and are differentiated like this (ordered by importance): "Step" title - bold Question - regular Options/Text Entry title - italic Question description - regular What I sugest would be (assuming the Next/Go Back text size is now at 10 px): "Step" title - 12 px Question - 11 px Options/Text Entry title- 10 px Question description - 9 px. If it makes the interface too confusing (too many sizes), then 10 px. Of course, the diferences in size could be greater, for example, the "Step" title could be 2 pixels bigger than the question, and the Question 2 pixels bigger than the Options/Text Entry title. It would only depend on the maximum amount of text that there could exist on-screen at the minimum resolution possible. The reasons I ordered the sizes this way are: Step title: a user shouldn't loose himself in what part of the instalation he is in :) ; Question: a user must then know what is being requested/asked of him; Options/Text Entry title: a user must then know his available options, or what he must type exactly in the text entry; Question description: after getting the previous three, the user can read a semi-detailed description of what is being requested/asked of him. New users would read them anyway, but users which install many times debian, or have been using debian in the past, or are advanced users, etc., will know by heart or understand imediately what each question is about, and will disregard it. An example (not the best, because has little text) of how doing this improves the readability of an interface, see for example this gdm theme for etch: http://cdd.debian-br.org/~si0ux/artwork/debian/01/01gdm.png The title "Welcome" is the first thing grabing atention, then the Text entry title "Username". OH MY ... http://www.geocities.com/jobezone/index.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
