On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 11:26 +0200, Christian Biere wrote: > Johan Walles wrote: > > In my case, the Metadata column wasn't visible. When I added that > > column, the Bitzi Metadata menu option works as you describe. > > > So while the Bitzi menu item actually does seem to work, there is a > > usability problem if you have the Metadata column hidden. How about > > popping up a warning if somebody does Bitzi with the Metadata column > > hidden? > > IMNSHO, pop-ups if at all should only be used as a last resort. They > are very annoying, mess with the focus and the wait-for-user-input > scheme is rather ugly for this kind of application.
Agreed. > The "solution" is much simpler. If the "metadata" column is invisible > it'll be added (and resized to some minimum width). However, I'm not > happy with the current way this data is shown because it's far too > much (some data is actually suppressed) to fit into a column. A > dialog or whatever would probably be nicer. It should be available > from all panes anyway. Or perhaps some icons? A lot of the data could be reduced to a simple red/amber/green icon with the metadata extra's like media details reserved for the floating dialog box. -- Alex, homepage: http://www.bennee.com/~alex/ Give me a Plumber's friend the size of the Pittsburgh dome, and a place to stand, and I will drain the world. t -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
