On 20 Dec 2007, at 11:56 AM, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > On 20.12.2007, at 11:20, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> >> On 20 Dec 2007, at 7:54 AM, Simon Spiegel wrote: >> >>> >>> On 20.12.2007, at 02:24, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I have a developer and user question: are there any showstopper >>>> bugs >>>> or missing features we need to fix before releasing 1.3.13? I >>>> think >>>> most of the work is done, but there are likely a few things that >>>> we've >>>> missed. >>> >>> Not a showstopper, but something cosmeitc, which I think has some >>> usability consequences: In the new drawer/right-side preview (or >>> whatever it is called), when a file is displayed also the >>> filename is >>> displayed. That's of course good, but if the filename is long, it >>> extends over the width of the file itself. I want to say is this: >>> Screen estate is used without any real use when there is a long >>> filename because the displayed file itself is shrinked. I think all >>> available space should be used by the displayed file and the name >>> should be truncated and maybe only displayed in full when you hover >>> over it. I think there's no point in having all the space left and >>> right of the displayed file unused. >>> >> >> The filename is already somewhat wider than the icon. Making it even >> wider would lead to overlapping filenames for adjacent icons, which >> is not good. > > I think you misunderstood me, the file name is too wide IMO. At least > in the examples I checked it's always written out completely, which > uses space. >
Sorry, I misread your comment. We don't reserve space for the filename. But we do use some space for padding, and also to provide space to drop items. I often see truncated names, in particular for URLs. >> On Leopard you can se the full filename in the tool tip. > > But it's not truncated at all, is it? > Not in the tool tip. >>> >> >> Database > Migrate Files, a new assistant to migrate file and URL >> fields to the new file icon interface. It has some options like >> removing the original fields. Note that this is undoable, so you can >> safely experiment with it. > > Ok, I have to check that out, when I'm on my other machine. > > simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
