Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

2010-08-06 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ryan Peters wrote on 30/07/10 21:05: >... > GNOME 3 comes out next year. With it comes many new technologies > including the Application Menu, a message tray for non-system > applications, and GTK+ 3. The GNOME Shell design page >

[Usability] HIG v3 Update

2010-08-06 Thread Allan Day
Hello! An update on the new version of the HIG... We had a good BoF on the topic of new HIG at GUADEC, and me, Calum and mpt started drafting some patterns. If you're interested in what the new HIG will look like, I've written a report on my blog [1]. You can also find the *draft* material here [

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

2010-08-06 Thread Ryan Peters
On 08/06/2010 06:17 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ryan Peters wrote on 30/07/10 21:05: ... GNOME 3 comes out next year. With it comes many new technologies including the Application Menu, a message tray for

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

2010-08-06 Thread Shaun McCance
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 11:15 -0500, Ryan Peters wrote: > > > Help, Check for Updates, and About, that affect the entire program, > > > meaning every open window. > > "About" is a fair example. But "Help" should be context-sensitive > > whenever possible -- showing help relevant to the window you cho

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

2010-08-06 Thread Allan Caeg
Here's Alex Faaborg's view on Firefox menu on the toolbar and the menu that Ryan Peters suggested the app menu looks like it is exactly the type of control we are interested > in having (both for our own use, and because we think it is a good direction > for the general design of desktop applicati

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

2010-08-06 Thread Allan Caeg
To make things clearer, when he said > the app menu looks like it is exactly the type of control we are interested > in having (both for our own use, and because we think it is a good direction > for the general design of desktop applications). he was referring to this menu