Both/Either. I'd have to make myself familiar with the new Do structure/etc, but I was assume it could, for the most part, just be copied from the existing results windows code....I was jsut wondering if its the sort of things someone could easily throw together based off that mockup for a simple proof of concept (once again, assume one can basically jsut reuse existing results window code), or it would require some serious work.
Time to crack open monodevelop and start looking around... Matthew Nicholson [email protected] Harvard University FAS IT Research Computing Dept. Of Earth and Planetary Science On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:11 PM, David Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > How hard would it be for us to implement, or for you to implement? > > Joshua, do you have a branch with the borrowed results window? Or was > that just a mockup? > > David > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Matthew Nicholson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes! This is exactly what my 2nd Mockup would have been, great job!. I > agree > > that the whole dock moving up night not be the cleanest way to do things, > > and I also agree on the focus being on the "top" of the list. > > > > Now, how hard would this be to implement? A rough first version, of > course. > > I mean, the results window code is already there...could it simply be > > integrated? > > > > > > Matthew Nicholson > > [email protected] > > Harvard University > > FAS IT Research Computing > > Dept. Of Earth and Planetary Science > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Joshua Blount <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Matthew Nicholson wrote: > >> > basically, the whole "dock" would slide upwards, so that its stays teh > >> > same width, but is about teh same height as the "normal" results > >> > window. In that new space the results would get shown. I'm sure, to > >> > start at least, this could literally be identical to the current > >> > results window... > >> > >> My suggestion would be to keep the dock where it is (while the user > >> initiates the list), I'm assuming at least some users have the list of > >> results showing all the time (assuming this because it is a preference, > >> so someone must be using it :)) and the dock moving every time the user > >> is inputting text would decrease the current aesthetic of Docky (IMHO). > >> > >> I've attached a simple screenshot hacking the existing list view from > >> 'glass' onto Docky. While I'm not happy with the colors, I think the > >> placement is quite good, a few notes: > >> > >> 1. I've moved the "1 of 78" over to the left to allow the hovered on > >> icon at the bottom to be large and overlap the list > >> > >> 2. Notice that when the user initiates the list (↓ at the moment) the > >> list starts with the top most thing highlighted. I think this would be > >> the best case scenario, even though the list doesn't actually appear > >> down, because this will allow the user to hit ↓ once to see the list, > >> then keep hitting ↓ to get to newer results, increasing learnability > >> (once they know how to open the list) > >> > >> 3. The colors are wrong, I think the list looks fine, but that the dock > >> interface would be better served with a glossy-ish black background. I'm > >> happy to make a mockup of this, but wanted to publish my ideas first and > >> see if anyone as interested. > >> > >> -- > >> Joshua Blount > >> B39 56D7 D14C DE5D D0CE 3BFC 7362 64C5 3DB7 9EBB > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GNOME Do" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
