On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:16:06 +0000 "K.King" <k.king177 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Christoph > I think Marie-No?lle was highlighting that while the answers are > readily offered on the mailing list, maybe some how the software > (treading very carefully here) can / could in some way potentially > help (especially new users) more effectively, by what ever means so > that such answers are immediately either obvious to the user or > available directly (in built help or whatever). > > a.l.e. > I know what you mean about annoying popups that warn you about what > your about to do even though you know what you are doing and may have > done it a zillion times before. But I think there is merit in > Marie-No?lle suggestion for when somebody tries to do something that > is just not possible that they should/could be advised directly and a > popup is definitely more effective in those circumstances. And as > Marie-No?lle pointed out those who know not to do would never see it. personally, i'm for finding a good notification system for scribus. but, generally speaking, alert boxes are not what i understand under a good way of communicating between a program and its users. it scares some of the users and annoys most of the rest... since there is much more scribus could tell to its users, i really think that we should define a "standard" interface for it. i guess that looking around for working notifications systems may be a good starting point (in my experience, two of the inspiring ones are the status bar in inkscape and the warnings in maemo). and i repeat myself: i have nothing against notifying the user that he is trying to modify a locked layer... it's just that there are lot of silly things a user could do and lot of things scribus could/should warn about and i'm really not sure if starting adding popups is a good idea. marie-no?lle, i'm creating a set of "projects" for scribus and you're welcome to contribute to one for notifications! bonne soir?e a.l.e
