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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: New File Selection Dialogs
From:       "Art Carney" <greencarrots () nospammail ! net>
Date:       2004-05-30 13:32:58
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On Sun, 30 May 2004 00:14:43 -0400, Jamethiel Knorth  
<jamethknorth@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have put together designs for a new set of file dialogs. They're not  
> massively different, but there are a lot of changes. The good version is  
> at:
>
> http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~abreschm/designs/file_selector/index.html
>
> and a short version is at:
>
> http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~abreschm/designs/file_selector/short.html
>
> and some background on what other file dialogs do is at:
>
> http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~abreschm/designs/file_selector/background.html
>
> Check it over. There are issues, even some that I can see in a quick  
> review. This was prompted by the mock-ups I was making for my searching  
> idea.
>
> The main changes would be:
>
> * New quick-access panel
>    - Search bar
>    - Dynamic devices list
>    - Dynamic list of recent locations
>    - New bookmark system
> * Better configuration system
> * Better preview field
>    - Show large icons, rather than blanks for many files
>    - Show metadata information
> * Rearrangement of many control buttons.
>
> In general, I think this design would be cleaner and more usable than  
> the old one.
>
> As always, this is only a set of mock-ups, I can't program that well.  
> I'm going to send this off the core-devel at some point, after some  
> suggestions here.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know the deadlines for 3.3? If they aren't too far off, I'll  
> try to wait until after 3.3 is finished up, since this is really the  
> sort of change that would only go in for KDE 4.
>


The left panel is too verbose. It needs at least some separators to  
distinguish between the very different items of searching, mount points,  
and recent locations.

Also, the way you have it now, the recent locations cannot be read at a  
glance and must be clicked on. Instead, you should put a label, in small  
text, above the recent locations which says "Recent Places," then remove  
the Recent Location prefix which currently is on every single item.

I would put labels on each of the three categories just to make it easier  
for the user.
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