Re: [Usability] Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

Why is it not possible to have 'single click where you normally double click' as a setting as in Windows etc? It does mean that hyperlinks or desktop icon cannot be highlighted, but to rename icons for example one would have to employ a right click menu. David David Colven Technical Advisor Th

Re: [Usability] Deja Dup UI Review

Just FYI, I've decided to reject the profiles feature for the foreseeable future. See my explanation [1] in the relevant bug. Thanks Allan and others for the mockup ideas and comments! The non-profiles-related feedback is being recorded on the wiki [2], including which ones are fixed in trunk.

Re: [Usability] User Experience Advocates

On 13 May 2010, at 23:38, Philip Ganchev wrote: > But I don't think that the rest of the team > should be excluded from UI decisions. The UI expert should just bring > up issues and present the best available info about UI to the project. I agree. I'd envisage something like the UI Review Boar

[Usability] Mockup Software

Do you all have a favorite Mockup/GUI Prototyping/Wireframe tool? I'd like Free, but am OK with free. The only one I've been able to find is Pencil [1] but that just crashes for me on startup. I know some people use Balsamiq Mockups [2], but it costs money. [1] http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/Home.

Re: [Usability] User Experience Advocates

On 14 May 2010, at 05:03, Kirk Bridger wrote: > Interesting idea, it introduces the idea of accountability which I think is > lacking in many ways right now with Gnome Usability. But then the flip side > of accountability is the ability to make changes. > > Which leads to a question and a poi

Re: [Usability] Mockup Software

On 14 May 2010, at 12:29, Michael Terry wrote: > Do you all have a favorite Mockup/GUI Prototyping/Wireframe tool? I'd > like Free, but am OK with free. A couple of reasonable free ones: Mockingbird: Pencil (a Firefox extension):

Re: [Usability] Mockup Software

On 14 May 2010 13:29, Michael Terry wrote: > Do you all have a favorite Mockup/GUI Prototyping/Wireframe tool?  I'd > like Free, but am OK with free. > > The only one I've been able to find is Pencil [1] but that just > crashes for me on startup.  I know some people use Balsamiq Mockups > [2], but

Re: [Usability] Mockup Software

On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 13:29 +0200, Michael Terry wrote: > Do you all have a favorite Mockup/GUI Prototyping/Wireframe tool? I'd > like Free, but am OK with free. > > The only one I've been able to find is Pencil [1] but that just > crashes for me on startup. I know some people use Balsamiq Mocku

Re: [Usability] Mockup Software

On 14 May 2010, at 12:46, Calum Benson wrote: > > On 14 May 2010, at 12:29, Michael Terry wrote: > >> Do you all have a favorite Mockup/GUI Prototyping/Wireframe tool? I'd >> like Free, but am OK with free. > > A couple of reasonable free ones: > > Mockingbird: > P

Re: [Usability] Mockup Software

On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 13:29 +0200, Michael Terry wrote: > Do you all have a favorite Mockup/GUI Prototyping/Wireframe tool? I'd > like Free, but am OK with free. > > The only one I've been able to find is Pencil [1] but that just > crashes for me on startup. I know some people use Balsamiq Mocku

Re: [Usability] Mockup Software

I mostly use dotted paper [1] or Inkscape [2]. 1. http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/squaredots/ 2.http://inkscape.org/ - Andreas On 05/14/2010 01:29 PM, Michael Terry wrote: Do you all have a favorite Mockup/GUI Prototyping/Wireframe tool? I'd like Free, but am OK with free. The only one I'v

Re: [Usability] Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:46 AM, David Colven wrote: > > Why is it not possible to have 'single click where you normally double > click' as a setting as in Windows etc?  It does mean that hyperlinks or > desktop icon cannot be highlighted, but to rename icons for example one > would have to employ

Re: [Usability] Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

On 14 May 2010, at 10:16, David Colven wrote: > Why is it not possible to have 'single click where you normally double > click' as a setting as in Windows etc? It does mean that hyperlinks or > desktop icon cannot be highlighted, but to rename icons for example one > would have to employ a right

Re: [Usability] Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

On 14 May 2010 06:01, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: > >> Thanks, Joanie, but that does not sound much better than a >> double-click would be (one long click). Can that slider be reduced to >> 0 time, effectively making it a single click? > > In order to try it, it appears I would need to install mousetwe

Re: [Usability] Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

On 14 May 2010 06:37, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: > Hi again. > > Dotan, first I should apologize. Your message came in while I was trying > to undo something I'd done which completely and utterly hosed my gdm. I > should have either not answered or I should've made more time. My saying > this: > >> In

Re: [Usability] Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

On 14 May 2010 17:07, Dario Soto wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:46 AM, David Colven > wrote: >> >> Why is it not possible to have 'single click where you normally double >> click' as a setting as in Windows etc?  It does mean that hyperlinks or >> desktop icon cannot be highlighted, but to r

Re: [Usability] Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

On 14 May 2010 20:49, Calum Benson wrote: > > On 14 May 2010, at 10:16, David Colven wrote: > >> Why is it not possible to have 'single click where you normally double >> click' as a setting as in Windows etc?  It does mean that hyperlinks or >> desktop icon cannot be highlighted, but to rename ic

Re: [Usability] Single-click mode for all Gnome apps

On 14 May 2010 22:20, Steven Edwards wrote: > Dotan, > > The following workaround may help: > > Edit /usr/share/X11/xkb/compat/mousekeys > > Locate the following section: > >    interpret Pointer_Button_Dflt { >        action= PointerButton(button=default); >    }; > > Change the action line to: >

[Usability] Improving single click for all GTK+ apps to make it suitable as a standard

Hey developers :) There has been quite a discussion on Ubuntu’s usability mailing list (Ayatana) about making single click standard or not: https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg01863.html (There are some mockups as well.) The single click was mainly mentioned for usability (open may be the most