From kde-usability Wed Dec 08 20:45:02 2004 From: ra1n Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:45:02 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: It is illogical... Message-Id: <41B775C9.1090302 () yahoo ! it> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=110253870231612 Peter Postmus wrote: > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > >> On Saturday 04 December 2004 17:19, Ra1n wrote: >> >> >>> Daniel Molina wrote: >>> >>> >>>> The Progress bar would allow you to see the % of disk space >>>> available. I >>>> don't think there is a good way to show the absolute space without >>>> making >>>> the interface looking more crowded. >>>> >>>> Adding more information to the tooltip as proposed earlier seems to >>>> be a >>>> good option (IMHO), as tooltips are generally associated to the idea of >>>> receiving more information on the object under the mouse. >>>> >>> >>> I Agree, the progress bar shows you both disk full and free percentage >>> in a simple way, if you want to see the exact amount of free disk space >>> you could look at a tooltip or in the properties dialog >>> >> >> >> Tooltip with a nice graphics (pie chart, "progress" bar) and some >> numbers, like "XGb total, YGb free". >> >> > I've watched this thread, and think it's a great idea. But IMO we have > to be careful not to put too much information in the tooltip. Otherwise, > users will need to spend more time locating the information they need. > Besides, if we were to add a visual representation of the free/used > percentage of space to the icon, why add another one in the tooltip? I > think it's overkill. Please just show the percentages and actual numbers > in the tooltip. Right, the progress bar on the icon should provide a graphical representation of disk space, while the tooltip provides exact free/occupied space amount, and percentage, the the properties dialog could show both Luca _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability