On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:12:35 +0100 (CET) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco van de Voort) wrote:
> > I have prepared some screenshots of a concept look and feel for Lazarus. > > Please check it out at: > > > > http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/GUI_design#Look_and_Feel > > > > Feel free to comment, but please accept that this is just a concept. So > > It has no use to discuss the details of the displayd forms themselves > > unless it would impact the general look and feel. Ultimately each form > > in itself will be subject to discussion to fit the purpose. > > The guidelines are ok I think, but > > Help should be optional tho. Lots of grayed out boxes everywhere are IMHO > evil. Disable them. > > I don't like several aspects of the screenshots > - First, the "positive" button should always be right, IOW cancel should > be > left from the positive one. Note that there is inconsistency in > the > screenshots. The "todolist info" screen is ok in this respect, > the lower ones not. > - I don't like the way multiple functionality is listed into one and > the same dialogue. It looks baroque. Most notably: > - The "nested" clear buttons in some of them. What is this anyway, > an edit or display-only form? There is only one place in the IDE, where you can see the include file. So, where else should the clear button be placed? > - I don't like buttons like "Show CodeTools Values" . The whole idea > of fixed > buttons in std dialect is safer and automatic use. All kinds of > non std buttons there that are not related to basic choices are > IMHO not ok. Where should it be placed? > - Of course the botton button placement (alignment) in the two > "information > about" dialogues is bad. It seems that a random height of > the buttonrow and random distances from the borders of the window > are chosen. It looks messy, specially if you see such dialogues at > once or quickly after eachother. > - Editable path lists (information about unitinitdialog) should always use > the fancy directory picker. The paths in the unitinfo dialog are readonly. Why use a picker? > - In the same dialog, the room before the edit boxes is too small. Keep > internationalization in mind! Nearly all language are longer than > english. We need some autosizing for label/control sets. > - Only the "XP" look buttons (help and ok in the "info about todo" > dialogue) > show button keybindings. Mattias _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
