On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 10:26 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote: > On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 08:50 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: > > Le lundi 06 février 2006 à 00:26 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi a écrit : > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I've branched gnome-utils for GNOME 2.14. > > > > > > 2.14 will use the gnome-2-14 branch; this branch is anchored to the > > > GNOME_2_14_BRANCHPOINT tag. > > > > > > Development will go on on HEAD, as usual. > > > > Any plans for HEAD you'd like to share with us? :-) > > The "Master Plan" is:
> Screenshot > * heavy bugzilla love > * remove the file name entry and use a filechooser button I don't like this idea. I mean, arguably, we have a file chooser button for exactly this sort of thing. But the fact that we have a widget doesn't mean it's the best tool. I'm a fairly heavy user of the Screenshot tool. My uses mostly fall into one of three categories: 1) Taking a screenshot of a bug or some weird behavior, so I can show people on IRC or whatever. 2) Taking screenshots of Yelp, to show off new features or new interfaces. 3) Taking screenshots for documentation. In cases 1 and 2, I typically save directly to my public_html folder on master.gnome.org. (I love the GnomeVFS integration we've got in the GTK+ file choosers these days.) In 2 and 3, I'm often taking a series of screenshots, and I love the fact that the Screenshot tool remembers my last folder. For all cases, I almost always want to rename the screenshot from the default to make it more URL-friendly. For 1 and 2, it's because I'm posting URLs in IRC or in email. For case 3, I'm probably sticking the file in CVS and referencing it from inside a DocBook file. With a file chooser button, to rename the file, I always have to click the button and type in a new name. I also can't see at a glance which folder I'm saving into. With a file name entry and a folder chooser button, I can see at a glance which folder I'm saving into, and I only have to click the button when I want to change the folder. (Numbers taken directly from my ass indicate that's about 10% of the time.) I can easily rename the file without having to bring up an extra dialog, which I want to do nearly 100% of the time. For me, the current interface is nearly perfect. Without any extra dialogs, I can see where I'm saving and change the file name. Everything I need is right there. The only thing you could do to make it better for me is to select everything but the ".png" on the file name, like Nautilus does when renaming a file. So are we making this change because we really believe it's better, or are we using widgets for the sake of using them? -- Shaun _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list