Re: [Ayatana] Sound menu slider interaction

2010-08-22 Thread Conscious User
> Because GTK sliders are consistent with the scrollbars in behavior. But this can be worked around, I suppose, since Rhythmbox's and Totem's playback sliders can be clicked to a specific point. Or are those different widgets? ___ Mailing list: https

Re: [Ayatana] Sound menu slider interaction

2010-08-22 Thread Frederik Nnaji
Hi Thorwil, On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:42, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Using the whole slider area as single drag handle makes for a > faster/easier to hit target and avoids surprises with unintentional > stepping. Note that the value-mark should not look like a handle, then, > as it would cause use

Re: [Ayatana] Sound menu slider interaction

2010-08-22 Thread David Hamm
I really like the #2 design, and this this is an improvement over the current. However. The purpose of having a long bar is to allow a higher range of accuracy. I believe a vlc like design is best. It's simple and is the fastest use of such space. The design has also been proven by the "438 117 142

Re: [Ayatana] Sound menu slider interaction

2010-08-22 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 20:40 +0200, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote: > Why does clicking on the bar make the slider move in that direction > and not to that specific point? Because GTK sliders are consistent with the scrollbars in behavior. One can wonder how much sense Page Increment/Decrement make

Re: [Ayatana] Sound menu slider interaction

2010-08-21 Thread Dylan McCall
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote: > Why does clicking on the bar make the slider move in that direction > and not to that specific point? > > I can’t imagine how often I accidentally turned the music to the > loudest level and was really embarrassed. Other players I

[Ayatana] Sound menu slider interaction

2010-08-21 Thread Jan-Christoph Borchardt
Why does clicking on the bar make the slider move in that direction and not to that specific point? I can’t imagine how often I accidentally turned the music to the loudest level and was really embarrassed. Other players I tested don’t do that (Youtube, Vimeo, some other web stuff, VLC). As Totem