Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:55, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: Sorry, I still have no idea how that relates to progress windows. > > The progress window when unmounting a device, for example, correctly has > no close button. It doesn't need CSD to achieve that. > you're right, CSD is not needed for pr

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Hamm wrote on 25/06/10 17:32: > > "I don't see how CSD would improve that situation at all" > > From what I've read csd would be more elegant at both a programing level > and design level, with less resources and the ability to design > applica

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 13:45, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 17:04, Matthew Paul Thomas > > wrote: > >> > >> To avoid that kind of confusion, a progress window -- a window that > >> embodies a task the computer is completing, and closes itself w

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

"David Hamm" wrote: >"I don't see how CSD would improve that situation at all" > >>From what I've read csd would be more elegant at both a programing level and >design level, with less resources and the ability to design applications for >what they are, rather then having the witch of the west

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

"I don't see how CSD would improve that situation at all" >From what I've read csd would be more elegant at both a programing level and design level, with less resources and the ability to design applications for what they are, rather then having the witch of the west hang over all apps. The long

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frederik Nnaji wrote on 16/06/10 23:29: > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 17:04, Matthew Paul Thomas > wrote: >> >> To avoid that kind of confusion, a progress window -- a window that >> embodies a task the computer is completin

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 00:29, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > >> In 2008 I wrote a specification for Nautilus's progress window. >> >> > > nce! > you did that in '08 already? > the item's name shouldn't be in the title? why is that? > sorry about the l

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 17:04, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > To avoid that kind of confusion, a progress window -- a window that > embodies a task the computer is completing, and closes itself when done > - -- should not have a close button in its title bar at all. > thank you. ditch the title bar

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jarlath Reidy wrote on 11/05/10 23:37: >... > I'm wondering if the current form of the file-transfer dialog is up for > discussion. I wanted to dismiss this dialog (see attachment). I was > fairly certain that the red X to the right would abort the cop

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

thanks ;) On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 18:29, David Hamm wrote: > might help to have the xcf > i hope we all do IMAP here.. 3MB on a ML msg attachment is a little heavy.. Very orderly done, though ! ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > Hi akshat ;) >> >>> OBJECT TITLE IN PROGRESS BAR while copying, display the title of the object being copied in the progress bar. putting this information anywhere else in the dialog window doesn't make too much sens

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > Hi David, your mockup looks pretty.. becoming more like a hybrid between > our notification bubbles and and interactive progress indication dialog.. > i like the visual this is taking! > > some ideas on this: > > REMOVE THE TITLE BAR > why?

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

Hi David, your mockup looks pretty.. becoming more like a hybrid between our notification bubbles and and interactive progress indication dialog.. i like the visual this is taking! some ideas on this: REMOVE THE TITLE BAR why? a) imagine you hit the cancel button.. the window would close immedia

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 00:17, David Hamm wrote: > "i would like to suggest the following changes to the "file operations" > dialog: > > * add "pause" button for each aggregated progress indicator > * delete partially transferred files upon cancel (while copying) > * remove the window title bar c

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 00:44, Alex Launi wrote: > > For now maybe we should (as a project) watch that project, and help give > suggestions and patches along to way to serve our agenda, and help upstream. > [0] > http://home.in.tum.de/~sickert/archives/2010/05/09/introducing_my_gsoc_project/index

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 00:37, Jarlath Reidy wrote: > If this is the wrong forum to bring this up, apologies in advance: > > I'm wondering if the current form of the file-transfer dialog is up for > discussion. > i think as long as it has something to do with UI usability in Ubuntu, here is the

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 08:13 +0200, Conscious User wrote: > I like that. The "eye" symbol is quite intuitive and has been > traditionally been used that way in layer-based graphic editors. I'd avoid using an eye for the same reasons the GNOME HIG recommends against them: http://library.gnome.org/de

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

> I'm more and more intrigued by the idea of using Windicators (such as > maybe an "eye icon") as a means of "hiding" a window (where > applicable) but continuing the current operation from background > process and being accessible by an indicator applet, such as the file > transfer applet as you'

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Jarlath Reidy wrote: > If this is the wrong forum to bring this up, apologies in advance: > > I'm wondering if the current form of the file-transfer dialog is up for > discussion. I wanted to dismiss this dialog (see attachment). I was fairly > certain that the red

Re: [Ayatana] File transfer dialog behaviour

This is actually addressed in a Gnome summer of code project for this summer[0]. If that project turns out, this discussion should to go to the desktop-devel list and it packaged into main. Until there's a p