On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 08:11:38PM +0200, NoWhereMan wrote: > Youness Alaoui wrote: > > Ok, I see, the hide the mini infobar (I call it like that for the bar > > in the CW) when FT managr is opened, I > > think it would be confusing, no ? how do you feel about it with that > > extension you're using ? > > when FTman is open (and active) no infobar is shown >
I know, I was asking about how it felt usability-wise. > > Anyways, the main issue you're bringing here is about the DM (FTMan) > > being in a tab or not. I explained all my design in a previous mail, > > and it was to appear in a tab of the currently focused container > > whenever you open > > the DM (by either accepting a file and having the option to show when > > you start a transfer, or by using the Ctrl-Alt-T hotkey), if you have > > multiple containers, then you would have a DM window as a tab in each > > container (only if you open the transfer window while having the > > container focused). > [...] > > I think that displaying it as a tab in a non-tab-centrical environment may > appear confusing; > Opera *is* tab-centrical :) > yes, which is why I said if using non-tabs, then have it as a seaparate window. Of course it wouldn't be as a tab if you have tabs disabled (it wouldn't even be possible because if you don't use tabs, you won't have the container to put it in). Problem I see now is about the menubar, it won't fit for the transfers tab. So maybe even if in tabbed mode, it should be a separate window... > > > You can always detach the DM tab, or > > you can have it appear as a separate window if you don't use tabbed > > browsing. Now that I'm thinking about it, it would be good to have an > > option for 'show as a tab' or 'show as a standalone window' for when > > user has tabbed windows enabled. > > > yep, maybe > > > You would have one line in the infobar per download currently > > happening in the current CW. > > IMO having one infobar per transfer per contact would be ok. > yes, + an additional 'download manager', because the infobar is not enough to provide all the options, otherwise it would be too bloated. > * Having tabs disabled, each window would have its own group of infobars > (maybe with right click options to cancel, pause or whatever you can do with > it; ffox has click-to-toggle/untoggle pause); > right click isn't the best choice, many users don't know that right click exists, and on Mac it would be difficult because of the command/ctrl-click to activate the right click... > * if tabs are enabled clicking on a tab would update the infobar with > contact's own transfers > well, if the infobar is in the CW, then it wouldn't matter, the buttonbar and all that are part of the CW, when we switch tab, we switch the whole CW, so infobars would go along with it, we don't just replace the output/input areas... > WLM actually stops here (ok, no "infobar" there, it's just an inline > widget), you may now want to add the DM; this may show up on demand, right > clicking on the infobar or clicking on a "you have N transfers open" link > right on the infobar, or whatever... > yeah, that's the idea. The 'you have N transfers open' is a good idea for when the user has more than X transfers at the same time (3 ?) to avoid having the infobar too big for transfer-addict users... But anyways, the idea was to have the DM + the infobar, and clicking the infobar would bring up the DM. > Or... well I don't know guys :D just a stream of thoughts... > sure no prob, that's what brainstorming is, right ? You see, you came up with a good idea (you have N transfers open), and it helped me think of putting that if there are too many transfers! > > bye :) > > -- > NoWhereMan (e.v.) > -- http://www.nowhereland.it > -- http://flatpress.nowhereland.it > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Amsn-devel mailing list > Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
