I notice you did not include page size, yet all the MSFT ones have it. I personally find this useful (my printer has both 8.5x11" and A4 loaded, and I use them both -- mostly 8.5x11, but a4 when I'm printing certain PDFs (magazine articles, forms, etc from anywhere other than the US). Maybe I'm abnormal, but I really like being able to select the page size there, rather than having to go into printer options... -ian
2009/6/2 Scott Hess <sh...@chromium.org> > > What I meant was to have a popup full of formatted choices which look > like the thing you want to have. So instead of "Page # of #", which > is pretty abstract, "Page 1 of 2". Also, instead of have six places > where you can list five different things (Firefox has five, two of > which are variants of each other), just have two popups each with all > 48 sensible combinations. Well, OK, that's a little excessive, but > maybe someone can think of a better something to constrain that. > Personally, I don't think a popup with 48 items which are easy to > navigate (because each item is only a small edit-distance from the > previous one) is materially worse than three popups with 5 items. > It's sort of like the search suggest popup, it's easy to navigate > because things are constrained by what you've typed so far. > > Just in case it was the contents that was confusing, I mean instead of > three independently-settable positions, show a formatted cell made up > of the literal bits from the page, arranged as they would be shown on > the output. So in your png, the single Header: popup would show a > cell with the left-justified title and right-justified URL and nothing > in the middle. When you pop it up the change things, you'd get the > different variations to choose from, again formatted with the literal > items from the page you're printing. > > -scott > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Mohamed Mansour > <m0.interact...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I removed the options part to give a more visualized idea: > > http://i41.tinypic.com/syvz7p.png > > Scott, I agree headers / footers are confusing everywhere, can you > elaborate > > on how we can do inline header/footer representation. I was thinking of > the > > same thing, but I thought it would be confusing for the user to actually > > click that area, unless it is visually appealing. Ideas? > > > > -- Mohamed Mansour > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Scott Hess <sh...@chromium.org> wrote: > >> > >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
