Re: Keyboard layout change visual feedback. Thoughts?
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Dylan McCall dylanmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Here is a cute little bug (and patch) I filed upstream... Is it on the right track? Suggestions, etc. would be great :) It looks good, but I think it should also say how you can change it back, because if you accidentily hit those keycombination you still don't have a clue how to get back to the previous situation. Cheers, Wouter -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Keyboard layout change visual feedback. Thoughts?
Here is a cute little bug (and patch) I filed upstream... http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=567880 The idea is that right now changing keyboard layout via shortcut keys (Eg: Alt + Caps Lock) provides absolutely no visual feedback by default. Bad for many reasons. It's bad for people learning the system, since they can EASILY hit those keys by accident and be confused. (A very popular problem, judging by my experiences selling / supporting computers in Canada, where Windows has multiple input languages installed by default and also no feedback when they are switched between). It's also bad for people who are actually using the layout change shortcut intentionally. There are four different keyboard layouts that can be switched between at any time. How is the user supposed to know which one he has selected?! (Granted, he could add the Keyboard Indicator applet, but that isn't readily obvious). I tried to solve the problem with a simple notification bubble that appears when the keyboard layout is changed. Some work could still be done, but it's a fine proof of concept at least. What are your thoughts on this? Here a screenshot: http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3484/keyboardlayoutnotificia.jpg Is it on the right track? Suggestions, etc. would be great :) Thanks, Dylan signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Keyboard layout change visual feedback. Thoughts?
On Saturday 14 March 2009 10:59:05 pm Dylan McCall wrote: Here is a cute little bug (and patch) I filed upstream... http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=567880 The idea is that right now changing keyboard layout via shortcut keys (Eg: Alt + Caps Lock) provides absolutely no visual feedback by default. Bad for many reasons. It's bad for people learning the system, since they can EASILY hit those keys by accident and be confused. (A very popular problem, judging by my experiences selling / supporting computers in Canada, where Windows has multiple input languages installed by default and also no feedback when they are switched between). It's also bad for people who are actually using the layout change shortcut intentionally. There are four different keyboard layouts that can be switched between at any time. How is the user supposed to know which one he has selected?! (Granted, he could add the Keyboard Indicator applet, but that isn't readily obvious). I tried to solve the problem with a simple notification bubble that appears when the keyboard layout is changed. Some work could still be done, but it's a fine proof of concept at least. What are your thoughts on this? Here a screenshot: http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3484/keyboardlayoutnotificia.jpg Is it on the right track? Suggestions, etc. would be great :) I like it. How detailed does it get regarding what layout you've switched to? I used to use the Keyboard Indicator Applet to switch between US and US International. That was really annoying because it showed the same thing (a US flag) for both...which isn't much of an indication. So would yours specify which US layout was in use in that case? -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com apt-get moo signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
