Re: [Usability] Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and GNOME (Summit mockups)

2005-12-17 Thread Michael Sweet
Till Kamppeter wrote: How will generic options of the PPD file be integrated into the dialog? All on one pane (not so good)? One pane per group? How will the summaries look like? For example how will the dialog look like with a Gutenprint PPD for a high-end photo printer from Epson? The idea is

Re: [Usability] Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and GNOME (Summit mockups)

2005-12-17 Thread Otto Wyss
Michael Sweet wrote: Does the KDE HIG specify button order? The KDE and FLTK HIGs put the cancel button on the right while Apple's HUG puts it on the left. Microsoft's guidelines are all over the place - they show examples with the buttons along the right side of the dialog as well as on the

Re: [Usability] Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and GNOME (Summit mockups)

2005-12-17 Thread Till Kamppeter
How will generic options of the PPD file be integrated into the dialog? All on one pane (not so good)? One pane per group? How will the summaries look like? For example how will the dialog look like with a Gutenprint PPD for a high-end photo printer from Epson? Till Michael Sweet wrote: > Joa

Re: [Usability] Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and GNOME (Summit mockups)

2005-12-17 Thread Michael Sweet
Tomasz Janowitz wrote: Michael Sweet wrote: OK, I've finally had a chance to put a demo together that shows the expandable UI functionality with the print dialog. The demo is not yet fully-functional (i.e. no actual printing, the options are made- up), but it does demonstrate the basic idea. Y

Re: [Usability] Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and GNOME (Summit mockups)

2005-12-17 Thread Michael Sweet
Joachim Noreiko wrote: --- Michael Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - line up the start of the summaries of collapsed boxes ('Letter', 'All pages' etc) I'm not sure how that would look - the arrow might look out of place or misaligned. You have: Heading: Summary Longer heading: Summary Wha

[Fwd: Re: [Usability] Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and GNOME (Summit mockups)]

2005-12-17 Thread Michael Sweet
Sorry, appears I didn't include this list on my posting... Original Message Subject: Re: [Usability] Re: [Desktop_architects] Printing dialog and GNOME (Summit mockups) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:51:06 -0500 From: Michael Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Easy Software Pr

Re: [Desktop_architects] Re: Linux desktop, the fun thread

2005-12-17 Thread Jim Gettys
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 08:00 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > I _think_ some drivers effectively already do this when they enable direct > rendering. The DRI layer does have the capability, and with many (most?) > cards the X server actually needs to use the kernel interfaces for 2D too, > just be