--- David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am not sure if you have seen this article
> (apparently it appeared on SlashDot).
> http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/
>
> The reason I am mentioning it on the usability list
> is that he has many ideas for the utilisation of
> pop-up dialogues that appear not to be too
> intrusive. The idea of mail new message preview is
> a large usability gap, due to the time it takes
> users to switch back and forth between the app they
> are using and Evolution to determine if a message is
> improtant or not and the interruption to workflow
> this entails.
Have you seen Growl for OS X?
There is also a page on our wiki about redesigning the
notification area.
>
> The comments about displaying more relevant data in
> Nautilus are also worth taking on board.
I do not underestand why Nautilus ties up two totally
different concepts in its zoom function: icon size and
amount of information displayed. If anything, the
reverse would make more sense: icons smaller when
there is more text in the label.
I filed a bug about this but I don't think I explained
it properly, as it has been ignored/
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