On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 08:47:50AM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote: > > 2) > Too much information is provided, cluttering the UI and potentially > confusing users. I get the sense that the current UI was designed > "from FCP back" rather than "from the user forward". In other words, > rather than thinking about the user's needs for specific operations, > and then figuring out how to meet them with FCP, the UI was designed > by looking at what FCP offered, and then figuring out how to present > this in the UI. > > I think almost all of the information in the status section is > unnecessary, to go through each item: > > File: this is provided in the insertion and download listbox
As indeed it should. Some sort of name needs to be provided. For direct inserts from things other than Thaw, it needs to be the identifier; for from-disk uploads it needs to be the filename uploaded from; for Thaw uploads, Thaw knows what it is. > > Size: this too > > Progress: this too > > Status: this too > > Key: Most users really don't need or want to see the key - since it > is mostly just a collection of random characters. The user probably > will want to copy the key to the clipboard, and this operation could > be provided by right-clicking on the file in the Downloads or > Insertions listbox and selecting "Copy key". Agreed. > > Local path: The term "local path" will mean nothing to most users, > but we could provide a "View in Explorer" or "View in Finder" right- > click option for the user to open the file in their operating > system's file-system browser (assuming Java can do this). Or "copy file location" ? > > Priority: Meaningless to most users You think? It's a very common concept - don't other tools provide this? > > Try: could be presented in "Status" column of ListBox > > Identifier: What does this mean? Isn't it the same as the filename? > > Global queue: An internal implementation issue, irrelevant to most users Agreed, only users who have explicitly enabled "don't use global queue" should see this, and that should be an advanced option. > > I would therefore remove the status panel altogether, relying on the > Downloads and Insertions listboxes to provide necessary file > information, and making additional options available under a right- > click menu where necessary. This will bring Thaw closer to a Fuqid > like interface, and I don't think that is a bad thing, I think Fuqid > got a lot of things right, and we shouldn't be afraid to emulate it > where appropriate. > > I hope that feedback is useful, > > Ian. -- Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/thaw/attachments/20060722/a84ce744/attachment.pgp>
