From kde-devel  Sun Jun 22 09:38:47 2003
From: "Friedrich W. H.  Kossebau" <Friedrich.W.H () Kossebau ! de>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:38:47 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Hex editor widget
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=105627911232034

Am Sonntag, 22. Juni 2003 04:13 schrieb Russell Miller:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 03:37:34AM +0200, Friedrich W. H.  Kossebau wrote:
> > Hey, here is a first job for you :)
> > How would you call the column with the ASCII view and how the one with
> > the representation as hexadecimal/decimal/octal/binary? The actual names
> > may be not that perfect (no, won't tell, I might bias you ;)
>
> "Long Thingy" and "Short Thingy" hehe
> nah... ummm
> Maybe just call them "Octal", "Hexadecimal", "Decimal", "Binary" -
> depending on what the mode is, and on the other side, ASCII?

Wah, can't your read my mind? ;) I was thinking of appropriate names for the 
_variables_ (pointing to the both column classes representing each a column). 

> > good idea. Wait - isn't ASCII all the chars from 000d to 127d? I guess
> > you mean instead all printable (as in isprint() ), right?
>
> Yes.  I don't have a formal CS background so my names for things aren't
> always precise.

Never mind, a formal CS background doesn't ensure precise talking as well ;)

> > Should be doable. Huh - there will be a heck of configuration. And how
> > colorfull it might be in the end: bookmarks, selections, value range
> > markups... :))
> > Should make use of font styles like bold and italic, too, might help some
> > people as well.
>
> I think color is generally a good thing.  As long as it's used properly,
> and as long as it doesn't make the interface too cluttered, I think it
> makes the program much more visually appealing.  

Unless one isn't colourblind, of course. And one's display is supporting 
colors. I think this should be always kept in mind.

> There's a reason children like things with a lot of color.

More I expect adults to use this widget, so what about them? ;)

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Friedrich

 
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