Re: [Usability] suggestions to ameliorate the ergonomics of totem

2008-08-12 Thread Diego Moya
2008/8/8 Iain * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Diego Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd like to add that volume is not available by 1 click (at least in the > > Ubuntu default configuration). As the volume slider is hidden under a > > button, changing volume require 3

Re: [Usability] question about scrollbars in cheese

2008-08-12 Thread Reinout van Schouwen
Op maandag 11-08-2008 om 23:46 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Calum Benson: > (As an aside, I'm slightly confused as to why you still have left and > right buttons either side of the thumbnail view, in addition to those > in the scrollbar? That sends rather mixed messages to the user, > perh

Re: [Usability] suggestions to ameliorate the ergonomics of totem

2008-08-12 Thread Reinout van Schouwen
Hello Diego, Op dinsdag 12-08-2008 om 15:45 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Diego Moya: > In that case it's no longer 1 click, is 1 drag! Substantially more > complex and error prone, for what should be a simple task. Using the scroll wheel over the volume control works as well. > If you have to

Re: [Usability] colon ':' in text field label

2008-08-12 Thread Shaun McCance
On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 12:45 -0400, Liam R E Quin wrote: > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 15:04 +0200, Luca Bruno wrote: > [...] > > These are some screenshots of my latest application: > > http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/2743364149_3258418491_o.png > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2743368623_842a

Re: [Usability] colon ':' in text field label

2008-08-12 Thread Calum Benson
On 12 Aug 2008, at 16:04, Shaun McCance wrote: Actually, the HIG contains this very unfortunate recommendation: Left-align components and labels, unless all the labels in a group have very different lengths. If they do, right-align the labels instead, to ensure that no controls end up too f

Re: [Usability] suggestions to ameliorate the ergonomics of totem

2008-08-12 Thread Ross Burton
On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 15:45 +0200, Diego Moya wrote: > Why would someone want to NOT know the current volume percentage, > especially when inside a movie player? The current volume level as a percentage is pretty useless really. Surely we should be displaying the current volume in dB gain instead?

Re: [Usability] suggestions to ameliorate the ergonomics of totem

2008-08-12 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 19:46 +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > [...] > Displaying the current volume level all the > time is just too much information. The volume level is either just > right, or wrong. And when the music started, I realised the volume was still all the way turned up after the party

Re: [Usability] suggestions to ameliorate the ergonomics of totem

2008-08-12 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 16:14 -0400, Liam R E Quin wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 19:46 +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > [...] > > > Displaying the current volume level all the > > time is just too much information. The volume level is either just > > right, or wrong. > > And when the music starte

Re: [Usability] question about scrollbars in cheese

2008-08-12 Thread daniel g. siegel
thanks for the input! we are staying now with the space and the appearing of the scrollbar if more thumbnails are added. of course you wont see double arrows, that was just in that screenshot as i posted before. thanks! daniel On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 23:46 +0100, Calum Benson wrote: > On 11 Aug