I think the headers and footers are confusing (everywhere). Why not just a single popup for each selection which displays a real-time view of each thing? So it might have items like:
Header: "Bonsai Kitten http://www.shorty.com/bonsaikitten/"; Footer: "Page 1 of 2 June 2, 2009" Even better if it were in-line in the box that shows the page (header above, footer below). Also better if it integrates with the margins, since the header and footer presumably take up some space, showing how that space is reclaimed might be valuable. -scott [not a UI designer, I hate almost all print panels, they almost always make what I want hard to do] On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Marc-Antoine Ruel <mar...@chromium.org> wrote: > I like the mock. > Glen has a veto on any UI. > I think the "Options" is unnecessary until implemented so it can be trimmed > off. > The inches/mm issue is well done in Microsoft Word where you can type the > units you want to use instead of being forced to use one or another. > M-A > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Mohamed Mansour <m0.interact...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi guys, how are you doing? I asked Marc-Antoine about creating a mock-up >> of the print settings so I was looking into different printer >> settings user interfaces from various products. >> >> http://i44.tinypic.com/rka0c5.png >> The similarities between them is quite similar, but I really like what >> Firefox has done with how they divide their sections, as well, how the >> display the marginal data on the fly. They all have the following things in >> common: >> >> Real-Time displaying of margin changes on the paper >> Changing headers / footers and allow custom desc >> Page orientations (Landscape and Portrait) >> >> What I liked about the Microsoft products is that everything is in one >> page. The user will not be confused with many >> clicks, and everything is there. But, the sections are not divided, they all look squished. >> Here is my initial proposal. >> >> http://i40.tinypic.com/14ki9w0.png >> Only a single page, where the user will enter his format, options (if >> any), margins, and header/footer. The components are same as Firefox but all >> in one page. We should probably do a drop down to state which metric to use >> (inch/cm) since only America uses inches. >> I have brought my mother to test this, and mind you, she is very new to >> computers (very inexperienced), she liked the above version because >> everything she needs is in her finger tips and understands it better than >> the others. >> So that is my take, what do you think? I would like to send this email off >> to Ben/Glen/Nick since they are the UI team and may have a better UI >> perspective on how to do things. Let me know if its allowed to be sent to >> dev mailing list! >> Thanks! >> -- Mohamed Mansour >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: chromium-dev@googlegroups.com View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
