Re: [Usability] Content Separation in GNOME

Hi, first post on this list so I hope it's made it to the right place."(Nautilus -- or a program Nautilus delegated to -- could even presentthe ~/Downloads folder window as a universal download manager. Browsers,IM clients, and so on would still be responsible for doing the actualdownloading into t

Re: [Usability] Re: Content Separation in GNOME

egrated with the GNOME environment? This is the most > important folder from a security point of view. > > -- > Ivan Gyurdiev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cornell University > > ___ > Usability mailing list > Usa

Re: [Usability] Deep thoughts and proposal on the awful trashcan/eject issue (long)

ient & easy to use; it presents options in a nice way which should be pretty helpful to new users (text), quick for established users (icons) & could sort out the problem of action ambiguity. I could do a mock-up if I haven't explained very well. Thanks, hope this is of help -- Phil Bull philbull.tk ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: Fwd: [Usability] Technical language in applet menus

u're likely to move the pointer into the corner to get it > out of the way anyway, so this technique is easy to remember. Take a look at this: http://home.jesus.ox.ac.uk/~ecatmur/brightside/ Seems pretty similar to the apps you linked too. -- Phil Bull philbull.tk ___

Re: [Usability] nautilus, panel, and metacity not acting as if the desktop was a single entity

her setting things up themselves, structuring workspaces, dragging icons around etc etc. How does that sound? -- Phil Bull philbull.tk ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] nautilus, panel, and metacity not acting as if the desktop was a single entity

y'll complain that they can't find anything on their GNOME desktop! If the desktop should not be cluttered, then why should we help people clutter it more? -- Phil Bull philbull.tk ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] nautilus, panel, and metacity not acting as if the desktop was a single entity

but take a look at this: http://rchi.raskincenter.org/aboutarchy/img/zoomdemo.swf Which is quicker, clicking on an icon or zooming to find the document? Usability shouldn't be sacrificed to accomodate a 'better' metaphor. -- Phil Bull philbull.tk ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] Re: Usability Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10

s? If the dialog was made partially transparent, the document would be visible. Failing that, why not manually shade/roll-up the dialog? -- Phil Bull philbull.tk ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] myself

#x27;Beginner', 'Intermediate' & 'Advanced' users, or maybe even a list of checkboxes with the categories of help you're interested in viewing (a la customisable Google News) would be nice. And then a tickbox for 'Use the 'Help' icon on the

Re: Workspaces [Re: [Usability] nautilus, panel, and metacity not acting as if the desktop was a single entity]

g) etc etc. At the end of the day I think it should probably come down to prototyping a few different approaches and testing them on users. Anyone have a copy of Flash? Just my 2c. -- Phil Bull philbull.tk ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] The ``Replace File'' dialog should display the two file sizes, times, etc.

On 7/29/05, Jason Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I decided to have a go at it: I had a go too: http://www.geocities.com/philbull_tk/gnome_dlg_mockup.png The text is a bit confusing/ambiguous and the dialog is pretty big. Thanks Phil -- Phil Bull ph

Re: [Usability] tools on the desktop

onsistency. It's bad enough having language barriers, but when you start rearranging things based on locale, people from low-user-count locales might get stuck and have no-one to help them because their desktop layout is different from anyone else's. Thanks -- Phil Bull philbu

Re: [Usability] tools on the desktop

ct way and not panic when their CD drive's eject button doesn't work. Thanks -- Phil Bull philbull.tk ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] The ``Replace File'' dialog should display the two file sizes, times, etc.

within the scope of this discussion, making synchronisation easy would be a cool/useful feature for GNOME. A lot of people would use it if implemented well. I can see stages 1) and 2) being implemented ready for G2.14 and a 'GNOME Sync Manager' being an option for G2.14/6. After all, i

[Usability] Running gnome-terminal as a desktop background

possible to do many things without a graphical interface. Of course some things will always need a graphical UI, but for accessibility reasons it's always nice to have the keyboard there as a backup. Just my $0.02 -- Phil Bull www.livejournal.com/users/philbull ___

Re: [Usability] Default document formats

ats out there at the moment, unfortunately yes. But I agree that it could be a whole lot easier for novice users. Clearly, some are just accepting the defaults and getting unexpected results. -- Phil Bull www.livejournal.com/users/philbull/ ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] Default document formats

y'd maybe have a chance of finding the right format themselves without having to call for help. There are very few format choosers out there that I would consider to be easy to use. Just take a look at the GIMP's - there are almost 40 options! Hands up who's ever saved a 'C Sou

Re: [Usability] Saving to open Nautilus windows

not just add the first six items to the drop-down then have a 'More locations...' item at the bottom. By selecting this you can pop up a full list. -- Phil Bull http://www.livejournal.com/users/philbull ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] Saving to open Nautilus windows

menu). I'd prefer to see a context menu relating to the current document in that window, with options similar to those you get when right-clicking the file in nautilus. Just my £0.02. -- Phil Bull http://www.livejournal.com/users/philbull ___

Re: [Usability] Copying a File to a Directory When a File of That Name Already Exists

their existing locations so that they can be compared properly? And if it's technically feasible (which I don't think it is ATM), they could even be automagically arranged side-by-side by the window manager? Just a few thoughts. -- Phil Bull http://www.livej

Re: [Usability] Splash screens and startup notification

to stdout. At least then you can copy and paste from a terminal; with window-title status messages, there'd be no way of copying down what the messages were quickly enough to use them for troubleshooting! -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/people/philbull/ __

Re: [Usability] Splash screens and startup notification

he right. Hitting the close button kills the app, for example if you opened it by mistake. This dialog shouldn't appear unless the app will take more than 2-3 seconds to open. Just an idea. -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/people/philbull/ ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] Splash screens and startup notification

ld it steal focus if you've switched to another app? Or should it just notify you that its finished loading, somehow? Anyone care to produce some mockups? I'm a little busy ATM but might have time later in the week. -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/people/philbull/

Re: [Usability] Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Recursive file permissions

On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 11:26 +, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > Am I the only one who feels this is like the Golgafrinchams? Nope. -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/people/philbull/ ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.

Re: [Usability] GNOME need a big usability update

Hi Armand You might like to take a look at this website: http://www.betterdesktop.org Thanks -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/people/philbull/ ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] How do you organize your desktop environment?

Hi Jacob, Have you heard of Devil's Pie[1]? Maybe that can help solve some of the problems you mention. Thanks, Phil [1] - http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie -- Phil Bull http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull ___ Usab

Re: [Usability] An extended default applications dialog

of the use cases on the LP spec [3] are easy to do with the current system, I'd say. Thanks, Phil [1] - http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-6.1-Manual/getting-started-guide/gccmime.html [2] - http://tinyurl.com/yhzp2l [3] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usability/SpecEnhancedPreferredApps

Re: [Usability] Emblems selection in nautilus

being developed. Thanks, Phil [1] - http://www.chipx86.com/wiki/Leaftag -- Phil Bull http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] An extended default applications dialog

nstead? * How would editors be handled? I open different applications depending on whether I want to view or edit an HTML file, for example. * How many MIME-type groups do you anticipate there being? Would the UI have to have categories (e.g. 'Internet', 'Office', 'Sound &a

Re: [Usability] Special Open Source Issue of Interactions Magazine

ts/gup/hig/2.0/input-keyboard.html [2] - http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ -- Phil Bull http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] Usability Digest, Vol 33, Issue 23

ers/devilspie [2] - http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2006/06/13/doing-a-show-desktop-using-pythons-libwnck-bindings [3] - http://www.betterdesktop.org -- Phil Bull http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] Usability Digest, Vol 33, Issue 23

, I hope. Thanks, Phil [1] - http://bugzilla.gnome.org/simple-bug-guide.cgi -- Phil Bull http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] Gnome HIG suggestion: search box clear buttons

ok again. Of course, a tiny little clear button is unlikely to help much with this... Thanks, Phil [1] - http://philbull.googlepages.com/EvolutionSearchBar.png [2] - http://www.chipx86.com/wiki/Libsexy#SexyIconEntry -- Phil Bull http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull _

[Usability] HIG3 material in Mallard format

browse/gnome-devel-docs/tree/hig3/C/pattern.page.stub -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/~philbull Book - http://nostarch.com/ubuntu4.htm ___ usability mailing list usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

[Usability] State of the HIG?

finished, final product. How are things looking with the HIG? We can handle formatting, presentation, etc., all that matters for now is the material. Thanks, Phil -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/~philbull Book - http://nostarch.com/ubuntu4.htm ___ us

Re: [Usability] State of the HIG?

ng that you guys can provide would be very welcome. Thanks, Phil -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/~philbull Book - http://nostarch.com/ubuntu4.htm ___ usability mailing list usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

Re: [Usability] State of the HIG?

reenshots. Thanks, Phil -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/~philbull Book - http://nostarch.com/ubuntu4.htm ___ usability mailing list usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability