[Usability] New menubars Idea -- still considered or not?

2009-07-21 Thread Antonio
I want to ask if the new menubars idea I proposed is still of interest or it is rejected if so why? Here's a link to mockup: http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4500/newmenusystem.png Anton ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gn

Re: [Usability] New menubars Idea -- still considered or not?

2009-07-21 Thread slawek
It would be great to convert menu into toolbar. Just drag&drop it. Dnia 2009-07-21, wto o godzinie 10:55 +0300, Antonio pisze: > I want to ask if the new menubars idea I proposed is still of interest > or it is rejected if so why? > > Here's a link to mockup: > http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/

Re: [Usability] Gtk+ Font Dialog improvements

2009-07-21 Thread Tim Evans
Henrique Carvalho Alves wrote: There was discussion on this some time ago, and the discussion got lost. I'm trying to raise interest on this issue again. I did a mockup for a new gtk+ font chooser, as I find the current one lacking from usability aspects, and wanted to gather some feedback. If

Re: [Usability] Gtk+ Font Dialog improvements

2009-07-21 Thread Diego Moya
I'd like to see fonts classified by type category: - Serif vs sans, - old-style, modern, script and display typefaces in serif, - grotesque, realist, humanist and geometric in sans-serif, - high vs low readability - professional vs amateur This would greatly help people like me who don't know a l

Re: [Usability] Gtk+ Font Dialog improvements

2009-07-21 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Tuesday 21 July 2009 7:52:11 am Diego Moya wrote: > I'd like to see fonts classified by type category: > - Serif vs sans, > - old-style, modern, script and display typefaces in serif, > - grotesque, realist, humanist and geometric in sans-serif, Er...I thought Gentium was considered a humanist

Re: [Usability] Gtk+ Font Dialog improvements

2009-07-21 Thread Diego Moya
2009/7/21 Mackenzie Morgan : > Er...I thought Gentium was considered a humanist font? That's definitely a > serif font. :-P What part of "people like me who don't know a lot about typefaces" didn't you get? ;-) I got all my knowledge about sans-serif classes at the Wikipedia page: http://en.wiki

Re: [Usability] Gtk+ Font Dialog improvements

2009-07-21 Thread Calum Benson
On 19 Jul 2009, at 05:55, Henrique Carvalho Alves wrote: I did a mockup for a new gtk+ font chooser, as I find the current one lacking from usability aspects, and wanted to gather some feedback. If there's any interest, please read the rationale at my blog: http://hcalves.tumblr.com/post/14

Re: [Usability] New menubars Idea -- still considered or not?

2009-07-21 Thread Calum Benson
On 21 Jul 2009, at 08:55, Antonio wrote: I want to ask if the new menubars idea I proposed is still of interest or it is rejected if so why? Well, nobody here really has the power to accept or reject any ideas, we can just comment on them and help people improve them as best we can :) P