I don't like these dialog boxes... I thought we had a more ambitious goal once upon a time to do some of this in-tab. Then you could directly see the effect of the settings you were changing on the printed output.
-Ben 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
